Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Feb 10, 2013, 3:07 AM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2013, 3:07 AM CST (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2013, 8:59 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 6.3 | Sacred Heart, MN | STORM TOTAL... |
| Feb 11, 4:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Alexandria, MN | DISPATCH REPORTS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN OUTLYING AREAS. SOME DRIFTING ON ROADWAYS. INTERSTATE 94 CLOSED WEST OF MN 127. |
| Feb 11, 5:25 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Morris, MN | LIMITIED VISIBILITY IN THE TOWN OF MORRIS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE COUNTY. ROADS ARE DRIFTED OVER IN MORRIS. WIND GUST OF 40 MPH RECORDED AT MORRIS AWOS AT 452 AM. |
| Feb 11, 5:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Appleton, MN | DISPATCH REPORTS NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. WIND GUST OF 43 MPH RECORDED AT APPLETON AWOS AT 1253 AM. |
| Feb 11, 5:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Montevideo, MN | NO PLOWS OR DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED. WIND GUST OF 39 MPH AT MONTEVIDEO AWOS AT 214 AM. |
| Feb 11, 5:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Olivia, MN | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. WIND GUST OF 37 MPH AT OLIVIA AWOS AT 450 AM. |
| Feb 11, 5:36 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 W Granite Falls, MN | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. WIND GUST OF 38 MPH AT GRANITE FALLS AWOS AT 351 AM. |
| Feb 11, 5:40 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Redwood Falls, MN | NO PLOWS OR DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED. WIND GUST OF 39 MPH RECORDED AT REDWOOD FALLS ASOS AT 453 AM. |
| Feb 11, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | 3 Se New Ulm, MN | |
| Feb 11, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Feb 11, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.7 | 2 N Willmar, MN | |
| Feb 11, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 13 | 3 Sw Carlos, MN | 2 DAY TOTAL |
| Feb 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 1 Se Henderson, MN | |
| Feb 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ssw Montevideo, MN | |
| Feb 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 1 Ese Milroy, MN | |
| Feb 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 10.5 | 1 Sse Benson, MN | |
| Feb 11, 8:29 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Sw Millerville, MN | 2 DAY TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
861 WWUS43 KMPX 100907 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM IS NOW BEGINNING... ...A BLIZZARD IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. FOR WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AS WINDS GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A PERIOD OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPS ALONG A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TODAY INTO MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO TO LADYSMITH...WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH OF THERE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW...MAINLY WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURS FURTHER SOUTHEAST... TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-102100- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 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. && 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-059-066-068-102100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-102100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ014>016-023-102100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW...MAINLY THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ070-078-102100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...RED WING 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ085-091>093-102100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ024>028-102100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T1200Z-130211T1200Z/ PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ069-076-077-082>084-102100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF/JRB
5 follow-up statements
640 WWUS43 KMPX 102057 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WORST OF THE WINTRY WEATHER SETTLING DOWN FOR SOME... PERSISTING INTO MONDAY FOR OTHERS... .LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT... AND INTO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA... ALTHOUGH AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY THIS EVENING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ELSEWHERE. SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FELT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY... WHERE GUSTS OF 40-45 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM AROUND MONTEVIDEO SOUTHEAST TO NEAR NEW ULM. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT INTO MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MORA... WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH AND EAST OF THERE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW... MAINLY WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURRED SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO CAMBRIDGE... TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO LUCK... WISCONSIN. MNZ067-074-075-110500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING INTO MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: MIXED PRECIPITATION WHICH OCCURRED SUNDAY MORNING PUT A GLAZE OF ICE DOWN ON MANY SURFACES... WHICH MAY KEEP ROADS VERY SLIPPERY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-WIZ014>016-023-110500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ068-110500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHASKA 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ059-110500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONTICELLO 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES STORM TOTAL... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING... WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES STORM TOTAL... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 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 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-066-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-051-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 9 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 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. && $$ MNZ070-078-WIZ024>028-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ DAKOTA-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ069-076-077-082>085-091>093-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL INTO MONDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
255 WWUS43 KMPX 110240 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...LIGHT SNOW WINDING DOWN AS WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT... AND INTO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN...MIXED WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAS ENDED...WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED AND ADVISORY AREAS. THE MAIN STORY OVERNIGHT WILL BE THE INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS SPREADING ACROSS MINNESOTA. EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY SUNRISE. THE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM AROUND MONTEVIDEO SOUTHEAST TO NEAR NEW ULM. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MORA... WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW... MAINLY WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURRED SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO CAMBRIDGE... TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO LUCK... WISCONSIN. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES STORM TOTAL... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT...THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 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 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. && $$ MNZ067-074-075-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING INTO MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-066-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-051-059-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 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. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ068-069-076-077-082>085-091>093-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL INTO MONDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
476 WWUS43 KMPX 110519 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST- NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT... AND INTO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAS ENDED... BUT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARD SUNRISE AS WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MORA... WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MONDAY. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT...THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-066-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-051-059-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...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 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ068-069-076-077-082>085-091>093-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL INTO MONDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
951 WWUS43 KMPX 110941 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... WITH SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAS ENDED...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WHERE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. MNZ067-074-075-111800- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.130211T0941Z-130211T1800Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ057-111800- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-051-059-111500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1500Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-066-111800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-065-073-111800- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-111500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1500Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 MPH...AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: UNTREATED ROADS REMAIN VERY SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-111800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BORGHOFF/DWE
351 WWUS43 KMPX 111459 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 859 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING... .AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND THE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH. AS A RESULT THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS THE WEST WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL NOON TODAY. MEANWHILE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-065-073-111800- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS 859 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 111600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1500Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-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...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 859 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE COMING TO AN END...AND THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. $$ MNZ042-049-057-058-066-076-082>085-091>093-111800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 859 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ067-074-075-111800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 859 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JRB
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.