Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

087 
WWUS43 KMPX 081151
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
551 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER A LARGE AREA LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...

.A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM WILL
SPREAD PRECIPITATION OVER THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO EAU CLAIRE. A WINTRY MIX
IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY
NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA COULD RANGE FROM 5 TO
9 INCHES DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY IT CHANGES TO SNOW. HOWEVER...
ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE NORTH AND WEST ACROSS CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THERE SHOULD BE
CONSIDERABLY HIGHER...RANGING FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES.

AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO LIFT OUT...STRONG WINDS ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL BRING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
SOME GUSTS MAY EXCEED 45 MPH. THEREFORE...A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS
REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WATCH IN THESE AREAS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY.

THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS SYSTEM AND EVEN
A SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT
CONDITIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-082200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
551 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS 
  SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW 
  SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN 
  BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST 
  WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS 
  IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ065-067-073>075-082200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER
551 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE 
  OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME MAINLY HEAVY SNOW 
  SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 
  30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS 
  IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE 
  SUNDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>052-058-082200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
LITCHFIELD
551 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS 
  SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW 
  SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD 
  TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

MNZ053-059>063-066-068>070-076-WIZ014>016-023>025-027-082200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
551 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE 
  OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME MAINLY HEAVY SNOW BY 
  LATE SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  MONDAY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD 
  TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

BORGHOFF

179 
WWUS43 KMPX 081820
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1220 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER A LARGE AREA LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS STILL ON TRACK TO IMPACT LARGE
PARTS OF THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH
HEAVY SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

THERE ARE STILL UNCERTAINTIES AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH PRECIPITATION
WILL REMAIN AS ALL SNOW...WHICH WILL HAVE LARGE IMPLICATIONS AS TO
WHAT FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS TO MEET OR EXCEED 10 INCHES WILL
EXIST NORTHWEST OF A GRANITE FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS LINE. ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. FROM REDWOOD FALLS...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES OVER TO
CHIPPEWA FALLS A MIX OF SNOW...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH OF THE
PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN MINNESOTA OUT OF THE NORTH...AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS
THEY BECOME MORE NORTHWESTERLY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL
LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS SYSTEM AND EVEN
A SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT
CONDITIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-090230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
1220 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS 
  SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW 
  SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN 
  BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST 
  WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN
  SOME AREAS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT SUNDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ065-067-073>075-090230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER
1220 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT
  HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME MAINLY HEAVY SNOW SUNDAY...THEN
  TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS WILL THEN BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST
  MINNESOTA AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS
  STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

* OTHER IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS 
  IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE 
  SUNDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>052-058-090230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
LITCHFIELD
1220 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS 
  SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW 
  SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD 
  TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

MNZ053-059>063-066-068>070-076-WIZ014>016-023>025-027-090230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
1220 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT
  HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME MAINLY HEAVY SNOW BY LATE
  SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS EARLY MONDAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD 
  TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

665 
WWUS43 KMPX 090211
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
811 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER A LARGE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT A LARGE PART OF THE AREA
FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
MAY DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH
CONSIDERABLE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

THERE REMAIN UNCERTAINTIES ON THE TRACK OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
LIFTING NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES THIS
WEEKEND. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS TO MEET OR EXCEED 10 INCHES WILL
EXIST NORTHWEST OF A GRANITE FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS LINE. ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. FROM REDWOOD FALLS...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES OVER TO
CHIPPEWA FALLS A MIX OF SNOW...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH OF THE
PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN MINNESOTA...AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY...AS THEY BECOME
MORE NORTHWESTERLY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING
SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

AGAIN...THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES WITH THIS SYSTEM
AND EVEN A SLIGHT CHANGE IN TRACK MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY
DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. MONITOR LATER WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-091015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
811 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
  SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW
  SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN
  BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS
  STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* OTHER IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS 
  IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT SUNDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ065-067-073>075-091015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER
811 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE 
  OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME MAINLY HEAVY SNOW 
  SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT 
  ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS 
  NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS 
  TO 45 MPH. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS 
  IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE 
  SUNDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>052-058-091015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
LITCHFIELD
811 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 10 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
  SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO
  SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD 
  TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

MNZ053-059>063-066-068>070-076-WIZ014>016-023>025-027-091015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
811 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE 
  OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME MAINLY HEAVY SNOW BY 
  LATE SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS EARLY MONDAY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD 
  TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

133 
WWUS43 KMPX 091002
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY
AND SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW.

THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
BE LOST TO RAIN AT THIS TIME ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN...BUT CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL
FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL
BE NORTHWEST OF A GRANITE FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS LINE. SOUTH AND
EAST OF THIS LINE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING...TRANSITIONING TO A RAIN SNOW MIX SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AND THEN BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. DEPENDING
UPON HOW MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW...4 TO 8 INCHES
OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA...ALONG WITH A TENTH TO 2
TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE.

SUNDAY EVENING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN MINNESOTA...AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE
WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-091815-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

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 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY ON
  SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST
  THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30
  MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH.

* MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS
  ON SUNDAY...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN
  SOME AREAS SUNDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049>052-058-091815-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
LITCHFIELD
402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST MONDAY...

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 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY ON
  SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
  WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW. 

* MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS
  ON SUNDAY...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW ON 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.

&&

$$

MNZ065-067-073>075-091815-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER
402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
  THE PRECIP WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...AND
  THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN SNOW MIX SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS WILL THEN BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST
  MINNESOTA AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS
  STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH.

* MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME
  AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE SUNDAY
  NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ053-059>063-066-068>070-076-WIZ014>016-023>025-027-091815-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
  THE PRECIP WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...AND
  THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN SNOW MIX SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD 
  TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

JRB

644 
WWUS43 KMPX 091857
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AND IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN WESTERN AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN
CITIES METRO TO LADYSMITH... WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH
OF THERE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY.

THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
BE LOST TO MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND
WESTERN WISCONSIN... BUT THERE IS INCREASED CONFIDENCE THAT HEAVY
SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL
BE NORTHWEST OF A REDWOOD FALLS TO CAMBRIDGE LINE. SOUTH AND EAST
OF THAT LINE... SOME FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND RAIN COULD MIX
WITH SNOW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME ON SUNDAY... TRANSITIONING BACK TO
ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW CAN EXPECT
TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURS... TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE
FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR THE IOWA BORDER.

SUNDAY EVENING... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN MINNESOTA... AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS THEY BUILD INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO
BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THOSE AREAS
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

MNZ065-067-073>075-100300-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

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 BLIZZARD WATCH
IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN
  TRANSITION TO SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
  THEN BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST
  WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH.

* MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WILL LEAD
  TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE
  OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT
  OR IMPOSSIBLE AS CONDITIONS WORSEN.

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.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ053-060>063-100300-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1200Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD
  TO AREAS OF 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.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023-100300-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
/O.EXB.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
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD
  TO AREAS OF 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.

&&

$$

MNZ059-066-068-100300-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
WRIGHT-MCLEOD-CARVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD
  TO AREAS OF 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.

&&

$$

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-100300-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON
  SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND
  MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
  PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND
  30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH.

* MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS
  ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS
  IN SOME AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY
  BE DIFFICULT 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ043>045-050>052-100300-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1200Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON 
  SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING 
  AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON 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.

&&

$$

MNZ042-049-058-100300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON 
  SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING 
  AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON 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.

&&

$$

MNZ070-100300-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/
DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BURNSVILLE
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...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 ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED
PRECIPITATION... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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.

&&

$$

MNZ069-076-100300-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
SCOTT-LE SUEUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED
PRECIPITATION... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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.

&&

$$

WIZ024-025-027-100300-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T1200Z-130211T0600Z/
PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...
BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED
PRECIPITATION.... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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>093-100300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130210T2100Z/
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED
PRECIPITATION... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM
CST SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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.

&&

$$

MNZ077-082>084-100300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
WASECA
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED
PRECIPITATION... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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.

&&

$$

MNZ078-WIZ026-028-100300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T1200Z-130211T0600Z/
GOODHUE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...DURAND...PEPIN...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED
PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE
  SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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.

&&

$$

068 
WWUS43 KMPX 100121
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM FROM LATE NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AND IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN
WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
INTO MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE
NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO TO LADYSMITH... WITH A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY SOUTH OF THERE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FOR LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

UNCERTAINTY REMAINS THIS EVENING AS TO HOW MUCH ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL BE LOST TO MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY... BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH THAT
HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS
WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A REDWOOD FALLS TO CAMBRIDGE LINE. SOUTH AND
EAST OF THAT LINE... SOME FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND RAIN COULD
MIX WITH SNOW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME ON SUNDAY... TRANSITIONING BACK
TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW CAN
EXPECT TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURS... TOTALS WILL
GENERALLY RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR THE
IOWA BORDER.

SUNDAY EVENING... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN MINNESOTA... AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS THEY BUILD
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL
LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS
THOSE AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-100930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/
/O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0600Z-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
721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON 
  SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 
  30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. 

* MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO 
  CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE 
  OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. 
  TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

&&

$$

MNZ042-049-058-059-066-068-100930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-CARVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA
721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON 
  SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING 
  AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON 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>063-100930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-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
721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON 
  SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
  MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING 
  AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING 
  CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO 
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON 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.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023-100930-
/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
721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
6 AM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE 
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... 
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... 
  BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD 
  TO AREAS OF 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.

&&

$$

MNZ070-100930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/
DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BURNSVILLE
721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

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

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE 
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... 
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... 
  BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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>093-100930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130210T2100Z/
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE 
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... 
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... 
  BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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>084-100930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/
SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA
721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE 
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... 
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... 
  BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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.

&&

$$

MNZ078-WIZ024>028-100930-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T1200Z-130211T0600Z/
GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE 
  PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... 
  AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... 
  BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT 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.

&&

$$

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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1055 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013

.UPDATE...FOR 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW

&&

.DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 232 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013/

THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE IS OBVIOUSLY THE POTENTIAL FOR A
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE SECOND HALF OF
THE WEEKEND. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RAP UPPER AIR ANALYSES
SHOW THE FEATURE OF INTEREST MOVING INTO THE WEST COAST AT THE
CURRENT TIME. THE OTHER FEATURES OF INTEREST IN THE BIG PICTURE
ARE THE UPPER WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH OUR AREA... WHICH IS
HELPING TO GENERATE A SWATH OF PCPN OFF TO OUR SOUTHEAST... AND
THE SOUTHERN STREAM WAVE MOVING ALONG THE GULF COAST. THESE TWO
UPPER WAVES WILL PHASE OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST AND CREATE A
BLOCKBUSTER OF A WINTER STORM FOR FOLKS IN NEW ENGLAND OVER THE
NEXT 48 HOURS. THE EVOLUTION OF THAT SYSTEM WILL IMPACT HOW THE
WESTERN SHORTWAVE BEHAVES AS IT EJECTS NORTHEAST INTO OUR AREA
OVER THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE
EASTERN STORM BOTTLES UP THE FLOW WILL HELP DICTATE THE TRACK AND
AMPLITUDE OF THE UPPER PATTERN AHEAD OF OUR SYSTEM... WHICH IS
LIKELY PART OF WHY WE/RE STILL SEEING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
SPREAD IN THE GUIDANCE AS TO HOW THINGS WILL UNFOLD ACROSS OUR
AREA. THE NAM AND GFS ARE FARTHEST WEST... ALONG WITH THE SREF...
WHILE THE ECMWF... GEM... AND FIM ARE FARTHER EAST. AT THIS
POINT... THE CONSENSUS OF THE GUIDANCE IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE
ECMWF EVOLUTION... SO WILL STICK SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO THAT WHILE
ALLOWING FOR A BIT MORE WARMING IN THE LOW LEVEL THERMAL PROFILES
IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE NAM AND GFS SUGGEST TO SOME EXTENT.
THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO SUGGEST A MIXED PCPN EVENT FOR A GOOD PART
OF THE AREA... WITH THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE AREA
HAVING THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF REMAINING ALL SNOW. WITH THAT IN
MIND... WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER STORM WATCH THAT INCLUDES THE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA FROM SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE
EXTENDED SOUTH/EAST IN AREA DEPENDING UPON HOW EXPECTATIONS
EVOLVE... BUT FOR NOW DECIDED TO FOCUS ON WHERE CONFIDENCE IS
HIGHEST THAT 6-8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW WILL OCCUR... ALONG WITH
STRONG WINDS.

IN THE SHORTER TERM... LINGERING VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE
CURRENTLY ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD MIX WITH SOME SNOWFLAKES AS WE
SEE A BIT OF SEEDING FROM DEEPER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
UPPER WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AND ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY
SHOULD EXIT QUICKLY TO THE EAST THIS EVENING AS WE GET ONTO THE
BACKSIDE OF THE WAVE AND SEE SOME SUBSIDENCE SPREAD OVER THE AREA.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REIGN FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... ALLOWING
FOR FAIR AND DRY CONDITIONS. RETURN FLOW WILL SETUP BY SATURDAY
MORNING... THEN REMAIN IN PLACE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ALLOWING
FOR GOOD MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WHICH WILL EXIT THE
ROCKIES SATURDAY EVENING AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NEBRASKA BY
SUNDAY MORNING. GOOD ISENTROPIC ASCENT IS PROGGED ALONG THE
EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE INVERTED TROUGH AHEAD OF THE SURFACE
LOW... AND UPPER DIVERGENCE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY
ACROSS THE CWFA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THE UPPER FLOW AMPLIFIES
AND DIFFLUENCE INCREASES MARKEDLY IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE
APPROACHING JET. THESE THINGS SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT
OF PCPN ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH THIS INITIAL SURGE OF WARM
ADVECTION AND DEEP MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. PCPN-TYPE CONTINUES TO
BE THE PRIMARY ISSUE THAT WILL MITIGATE SNOWFALL POTENTIAL... AND
THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD SEE SUFFICIENT WARM AIR
MOVE IN ALOFT TO CHANGE THINGS TO SLEET AND PERHAPS SOME FREEZING
RAIN FOR A TIME ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA... BEFORE
GOING OVER TO MAINLY RAIN FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...
HEIGHTS CRASH QUICKLY BY SUNDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES
INTO THE AREA... WHICH ALONG WITH DYNAMIC COOLING FROM SUSTAINED
UPWARD MOTION COULD HELP TO CHANGE THINGS BACK TO SNOW FAIRLY
QUICKLY DEPENDING UPON WHETHER THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR WHICH MOVES
IN IS AS ROBUST AS THE GFS SUGGESTS OR CLOSER TO THE ECMWF AND
FIM. FOR NOW... KEPT THINGS ALL SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST... AND ALLOWED FOR MIXED PCPN UP THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
COUNTIES AND INTO THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO. THAT BEING
SAID... WITH PCPN TOTALS OF OVER SIX TENTHS OF AN INCH EXPECTED
OVER MUCH OF THE AREA... AND PERHAPS SOME CLOSE TO AN INCH... ANY
PERIOD OF SNOW COULD PUT DOWN DECENT ACCUMULATIONS. EXPECT
LOCATIONS THAT REMAIN ALL SNOW TO WIND UP BETWEEN 6 AND 10 FOR THE
MOST PART... ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR DEPENDING
ON RATIOS... WHILE AMOUNTS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY AS ONE MOVES INTO
AREAS WHERE A GREATER PORTION OF THE PCPN IS OF MIXED-TYPE AND/OR
RAIN. AT THIS POINT... THE BEST GUESS FOR THE TWIN CITIES WOULD BE
FOR TOTAL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 6 INCHES... WITH THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
SUBURBS SEEING THE GREATEST... BUT THAT COULD CERTAINLY CHANGE
DEPENDING UPON HOW THE STORM TRACK PANS OUT AND THE CHARACTER OF
WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY... THE SITUATION WILL
REQUIRE CONTINUED MONITORING... WITH UPDATES AND CHANGES LIKELY AS
WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

SOME SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE CYCLONIC FLOW ON THE
BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY... WITH THINGS
DRYING OUT FOR GOOD ONCE HIGH PRESSURE WORKS IN MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY. BENIGN WEATHER THEN LOOKS TO PREDOMINATE THROUGH THE
BALANCE OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. AN ALBERTA CLIPPER COULD IMPACT
THE AREA BY THURSDAY... ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME DEFINITE TIMING
AND PLACEMENT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS... ECMWF... AND THEIR
RESPECTIVE ENSEMBLES WITH RESPECT TO THAT... SO KEPT THINGS DRY
AFTER MONDAY FOR NOW.

&&

.AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
PRIMARY TAF CONCERN IN CLEARING TREND OVERNIGHT.  DRIER AIR OR
SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DEPARTING WISCONSIN WAVE IS BEGINNING TO POKE
SOME HOLES IN THE CLOUDS OVER THE AREA.  IT APPEARS THIS WILL
CONTINUE WITH CLOUDS BREAKING UP THROUGH BY 12Z FRI. KRWF AND
PERHAPS KEAU SHOULD REMAIN IN THE CLOUDS THE LONGEST OVERNIGHT...WITH
KAXN ON THE EDGE OF IFR/LIFR STRATUS MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA.
RETURN SOUTHEAST FLOW SHOULD HELP KEEP AT LEAST MVFR CEILINGS OVER
WESTERN AREAS THROUGH THE MORNING WITH DRY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE.
INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY BECOME A BIT GUSTY IN THE AFTERNOON
AT KAXN.  THE REMINDER SHOULD SHOULD REMAIN AOB 10 KNOTS DURING THE
DAY.  SOME HIGH CLOUDS INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

KMSP...
APPEARS CLEARING TREND WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.  WILL SCATTER
LOW CLOUDS OUT AROUND 09Z AND HOLD ONTO TO THE TEMPO GROUP FOR FOG
POTENTIAL LATE.  VFR THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD WITH PERHAPS SOME
MID CLOUDS MOVING IN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF NEXT STORM SYSTEM.
SURFACE WINDS BECOMING MORE SOUTHEAST LATER FRIDAY MORNING AND
SHOULD REMAIN THERE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
SAT...VFR. IFR DEVELOPING LATE WITH PRECIP MIX. WINDS SSE 10G15KTS.
SUN...IFR WITH RA/SN. SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS POSSIBLE. ESE AT 15G20KTS.
MON...IFR WITH SN IN MORNING...MVFR AFTERNOON. WINDS WNW 20G30KTS.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR BENTON-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-
     LAC QUI PARLE-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POPE-SHERBURNE-
     STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-YELLOW MEDICINE.

WI...NONE.
&&

TRH/DE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
902 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013

WIZ014>016-023>028-081200-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
902 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
WILL SEE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. AT THIS TIME...WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA LOOKS TO SEE MAINLY ALL SNOW WITH HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS.

THE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS
MINNESOTA AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOME AREAS IN FAR SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN MAY ONLY END UP WITH AN
INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. THE TWIN CITIES METRO COULD EASILY SEE A FEW
INCHES OF SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET AS WELL. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR A WINTRY MIX
LOOKS REASONABLE FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOW TOTALS
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-081200-
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-
902 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
WILL SEE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. AT THIS TIME...WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA LOOKS TO SEE MAINLY ALL SNOW WITH HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS.

THE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS
MINNESOTA AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOME AREAS IN FAR SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN MAY ONLY END UP WITH AN
INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. THE TWIN CITIES METRO COULD EASILY SEE A FEW
INCHES OF SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET AS WELL. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR A WINTRY MIX
LOOKS REASONABLE FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOW TOTALS
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.