Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at May 1, 2013, 3:54 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 1, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr. 60 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
- May 1, 2013, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 30 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:00 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Owatonna, MN | |
| May 1, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Fairmont, MN | |
| May 1, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | River Falls, WI | |
| May 1, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Roberts, WI | |
| May 1, 7:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2.4 | Kenyon, MN | |
| May 1, 7:39 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Hartland, MN | RELAYED FROM LOCAL MEDIA |
| May 1, 7:39 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Hollandale, MN | RELAYED FROM LOCAL MEDIA |
| May 1, 7:40 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Hudson, WI | |
| May 1, 7:40 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Castle Rock, MN | |
| May 1, 7:47 PM CDT | SNOW 0.8 | Hastings, MN | |
| May 1, 8:38 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Goodhue, MN | RELAYED FROM LOCAL MEDIA |
| May 1, 9:18 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Zumbrota, MN | RELAYED FROM LOCAL MEDIA |
| May 1, 10:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Owatonna, MN | 1 INCH OF SLUSH ON ROADS |
| May 1, 11:53 PM CDT | SNOW 3.6 | Clarks Grove, MN | |
| May 2, 12:30 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Owatonna, MN | |
| May 2, 12:57 AM CDT | SNOW 2.4 | Hastings, MN | |
| May 2, 1:35 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Red Wing, MN | |
| May 2, 1:50 AM CDT | SNOW 4.3 | Hastings, MN | |
| May 2, 1:50 AM CDT | SNOW 8 | Owatonna, MN | |
| May 2, 2:15 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | 1 N Hastings, MN | |
| May 2, 3:00 AM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | 5 N Kenyon, MN | |
| May 2, 3:23 AM CDT | SNOW 6.7 | Hastings, MN | |
| May 2, 3:26 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Zumbrota, MN | |
| May 2, 3:30 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | Baldwin, WI | |
| May 2, 4:42 AM CDT | SNOW 7.2 | Red Wing, MN | TREE DAMAGE REPORTED. THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER. |
| May 2, 4:45 AM CDT | SNOW 13 | Owatonna, MN | TREE DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED. |
| May 2, 5:00 AM CDT | SNOW 13 | 4 Se Red Wing, MN | |
| May 2, 5:10 AM CDT | SNOW 8 | 2 Se Cottage Grove, MN | POWER OUTAGE AND TREE DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| May 2, 5:10 AM CDT | SNOW 8.4 | Hastings, MN | |
| May 2, 5:29 AM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | New Richmond, WI | STILL SNOWING |
| May 2, 5:29 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | Albert Lea, MN | STILL SNOWING |
| May 2, 5:37 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Menomonie, WI | |
| May 2, 5:40 AM CDT | SNOW 14 | Ellsworth, WI | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY |
| May 2, 5:44 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Northfield, MN | |
| May 2, 5:45 AM CDT | SNOW 9.3 | Red Wing, MN | TREE DAMAGE REPORTED. THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER. 2 MORE INCHES IN LAST 2 HOURS. |
| May 2, 5:53 AM CDT | SNOW 11.5 | Conger, MN | |
| May 2, 5:54 AM CDT | SNOW 8.3 | 5 S Farmington, MN | |
| May 2, 6:01 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 12 Se Colfax, WI | |
| May 2, 6:20 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | 3 Se River Falls, WI | |
| May 2, 6:23 AM CDT | SNOW 12 | Cumberland, WI | |
| May 2, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | 1 N Woodbury, MN | |
| May 2, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Se Farmington, MN | |
| May 2, 6:43 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | 1 Sw Boyceville, WI | |
| May 2, 6:46 AM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | 4 Nw Arkansaw, WI | |
| May 2, 6:51 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | Rice Lake, WI | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SLEET 3.2 | Ladysmith, WI | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 4 W Cornell, WI | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.1 | 3 Ne Woodbury, MN | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.2 | 2 Wnw Ladysmith, WI | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.2 | Ladysmith, WI | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Springfield, MN | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 1 Nnw Springfield, MN | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Faribault, MN | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Lake Elmo, MN | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | 6 Nnw Amery, WI | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | 1 Ne Elk Mound, WI | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Elk Mound, WI | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 7.3 | 2 Se Chetek, WI | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 8.2 | 3 Sse Hampton, MN | |
| May 2, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 8.4 | Zumbrota, MN |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 3550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626 WWUS43 KMPX 010854 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RARE MAY SNOW STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT...WORKING WITHIN A STRONG SURGE OF INCOMING COLDER AIR TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE REGION...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT APPROXIMATELY WITHIN 50 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE WI THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO TO MANKATO TO BLUE EARTH. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED MID TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WITHIN THIS AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG A LINE FROM MORA TO BUFFALO TO REDWOOD FALLS IN MINNESOTA AND ALSO FROM CORNELL TO EAU CLAIRE TO DURAND IN WISCONSIN. MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>025- 011800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.130501T2000Z-130503T0000Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 354 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: RAIN THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE IN PERIODIC BANDS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 6 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ WIZ026>028-011800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.130501T2000Z-130503T0000Z/ PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 354 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: RAIN THROUGH THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE DAY WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE IN PERIODIC BANDS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-051-052-058-059-065-066-073-011800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.130501T2000Z-130503T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 354 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: RAIN THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE IN PERIODIC BANDS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
8 follow-up statements
697 WWUS43 KMPX 011743 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1243 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RECORD BREAKING MAY SNOW STORM CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF WET SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS LOCATED FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL HOURS OF THIS INTENSE SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES OF WET HEAVY SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL APPROXIMATELY WITHIN 50 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE WI THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO TO MANKATO TO BLUE EARTH. LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG A LINE FROM MORA TO BUFFALO TO REDWOOD FALLS IN MINNESOTA AND ALSO FROM CORNELL TO EAU CLAIRE TO DURAND IN WISCONSIN. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES AS TREES BECOME SNOW COVERED. MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>025- 020145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.130501T2000Z-130503T0000Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 1243 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: A RAIN SNOW MIX WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 6 TO 9 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL STICK TO TREES AND COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ WIZ026>028-020145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.130501T2000Z-130503T0000Z/ PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1243 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-051-052-058-059-065-066-073-020145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.130501T2000Z-130503T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... REDWOOD FALLS 1243 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JRB
907 WWUS43 KMPX 012049 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 349 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...RECORD-BREAKING MAY SNOW STORM BEGINS IN EARNEST TONIGHT AND PERSISTS INTO THURSDAY... .AN UNPRECEDENTED VERY LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL INTENSIFY TONIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF WET SNOW ARE FORECAST TO FALL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS LOCATED FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH HOURLY RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED OCCASIONALLY OVERNIGHT. SEVERAL HOURS OF THIS INTENSE SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL APPROXIMATELY WITHIN 40 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE WISCONSIN THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO TO MANKATO TO FAIRMONT MINNESOTA. LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG A LINE FROM MORA TO NEW ULM...AND LITTLE OR NO SNOW IS EXPECTED WEST OF THAT LINE. SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BUT WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES AS TREES BECOME SNOW COVERED. MNZ067-074-020500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130502T1200Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM 349 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND END EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ044-045-051-058-059-065-066-073-012200- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS 349 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY REMAIN JUST EAST OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WIZ026-027-020500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER 349 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WHICH WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 6 TO 9 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL STICK TO TREES AND COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-068>070-075>077-082>085-091>093-020500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1500Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 349 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING...PERSISTING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 6 TO 9 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL STICK TO TREES AND COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>025-020500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 349 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 6 TO 9 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL STICK TO TREES AND COULD CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ MNZ052-020500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130502T1200Z/ ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CAMBRIDGE 349 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND END EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ028-020500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 349 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A RAIN SNOW MIX OR ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
380 WWUS43 KMPX 020247 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 947 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE WILL BE A SHARP CUT OFF IN SNOW TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS NEAR AND JUST EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO...TO THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO BALSAM LAKE IN WISCONSIN. THE SNOW TOTALS WILL ALSO DIMINISH FARTHER EAST IN WISCONSIN. ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FALLING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS SHIFTED A BIT FARTHER EAST THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. MNZ082-091-021100- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130502T1500Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 947 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: SNOW TONIGHT * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE FOR SLUSHY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ053-060-061-068-075-020400- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1500Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-CARVER-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... CHASKA...ST. PETER 947 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT IMPACTS SHOULD BE MINOR. $$ MNZ052-067-074-020400- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130502T1200Z/ ISANTI-SIBLEY-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...GAYLORD...NEW ULM 947 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT IMPACTS SHOULD BE MINOR.. $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>027-021100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 947 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ MNZ062-063-069-070-076-077-083>085-092-093-021100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1500Z/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 947 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ028-021100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 947 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
734 WWUS43 KMPX 020854 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...ONLY APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MILES IN WIDTH...CONTINUES TO SHIFT SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST...MAKING FOR A SHARP CUTOFF IN SNOW TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WILL ACCUMULATE NEAR AND JUST EAST OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO OWATONNA TO HASTINGS IN MINNESOTA TO BALSAM LAKE IN WISCONSIN...WHERE 4 TO 7 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FALLING. IN ADDITION... THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. MNZ084-092-021800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ WASECA-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...BLUE EARTH 354 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES...MAINLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ062-069-076-083-021000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1500Z/ RAMSEY-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR... MANKATO 354 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS SHIFTED EAST...THUS REDUCING ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TO AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. $$ MNZ082-091-021000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130502T1500Z/ WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 354 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS SHIFTED EAST...THUS REDUCING ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TO LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ MNZ063-070-077-085-093-021800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 354 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 6 INCHES...MAINLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>027-021800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 354 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ028-021800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 354 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
069 WWUS43 KMPX 021358 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 858 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES... MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...ONLY APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MILES IN WIDTH...CONTINUES TO SHIFT SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST...MAKING FOR A SHARP CUTOFF IN SNOW TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS WILL ACCUMULATE NEAR AND JUST EAST OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO OWATONNA TO HASTINGS IN MINNESOTA TO BALSAM LAKE IN WISCONSIN...WHERE 4 TO 7 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. ROADS MAY BECOME SLUSHY OR SNOW COVERED WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS FALLING. IN ADDITION... THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 PM. ALSO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 1 PM. WIZ028-022200- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0011.130502T1400Z-130503T0000Z/ EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 858 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TAPERING THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL WEIGH DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>027-022200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 858 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL WEIGH DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ MNZ063-070-077-085-093-021800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 858 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY WEIGH DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ084-092-021800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ WASECA-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...BLUE EARTH 858 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: 2 TO 4 INCHES...MAINLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
744 WWUS43 KMPX 021559 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1059 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING ACROSS A 40 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR RICE LAKE TO DURAND. LESSER TOTALS WILL BE FOUND EAST AND WEST OF THIS AREA. ROADWAYS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY WHERE POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES ARE WEIGHED DOWN BY THE HEAVY SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM...FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM CUMBERLAND...TO DURAND. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW...POSSIBLE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP AGAIN OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. MNZ063-070-077-085-093-021700- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1059 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MNZ078-WIZ014-023-024-021700- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 1059 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MNZ084-092-021700- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ WASECA-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...BLUE EARTH 1059 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ WIZ015-016-025>028-030000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1059 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. STORM TOTALS FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...AND FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES IN FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF RUSK...CHIPPEWA AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTY. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL WEIGH DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$
390 WWUS43 KMPX 021601 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1101 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING ACROSS A 40 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR RICE LAKE TO DURAND. LESSER TOTALS WILL BE FOUND EAST AND WEST OF THIS AREA. ROADWAYS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY WHERE POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES ARE WEIGHED DOWN BY THE HEAVY SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM...FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM CUMBERLAND...TO DURAND. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW...POSSIBLE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY DEVELOP AGAIN OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. MNZ063-070-077-085-093-021715- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-RICE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1101 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MNZ078-WIZ014-023-024-021715- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 1101 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MNZ084-092-021715- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-130502T1800Z/ WASECA-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...BLUE EARTH 1101 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ WIZ015-016-025>028-030000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1101 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. STORM TOTALS FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE HEAVY SNOW BAND...AND FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES IN FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF RUSK...CHIPPEWA AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTY. * MAIN IMPACT: RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY QUICKLY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL WEIGH DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$
789 WWUS43 KMPX 021937 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 237 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT...WITH A POSSIBLE MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH SLIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUT WILL BE REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...AND THIS WILL INCLUDE THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM CUMBERLAND...TO RED WING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH SHOULD IMPROVE OVERALL ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. WIZ015-016-025>028-030400- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.130503T0000Z-130503T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130503T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 237 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW CONTINUING AND SPREADING WEST TONIGHT. A LIGHT MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY LATE. * SNOW ACCUMULATION: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: SLICK ROADS FROM THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SOME ICE POSSIBLE LATE. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW FROM TODAY WILL WEIGH DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...CAUSING ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ023-024-030400- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.130503T0000Z-130503T1500Z/ GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 237 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 7 PM...AND COULD BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: ROADS COULD BECOME SLICK BECAUSE OF THE COMBINATIONS OF SNOW AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:54 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Brown, Faribault, Isanti, Kanabec, McLeod, Martin and 9 more | 31 hr |
| May 1, 1:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Rusk | 48 hr |
| May 1, 1:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Rusk | 4 days |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2013Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013
Sources
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.