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Winter Storm Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

December 3, 201330 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 3, 2013, 4:10 AM CST for 30 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 3, 2013, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 31 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
Dec 3, 2013, 4:10 AM CST (10:10 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 5, 2013, 3:43 AM CST
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 34 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 4, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.4Chanhassen, MN
Dec 4, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.6Waconia, MN
Dec 4, 6:15 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Golden Valley, MN
Dec 4, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 2.1North Minneapolis, MN
Dec 4, 7:30 AM CSTSNOW 1Bloomington, MN
Dec 4, 7:30 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Minnetonka, MN
Dec 4, 7:42 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 3.2Redwood Falls, MN
Dec 4, 7:53 AM CSTSNOW 1Monticello, MN
Dec 4, 7:54 AM CSTSNOW 2.2Champlin, MN
Dec 4, 7:55 AM CSTSNOW 2.5White Bear Lake, MN
Dec 4, 8:08 AM CSTSNOW 2Woodbury, MN
Dec 4, 8:22 AM CSTSNOW 2.8Delano, MN
Dec 4, 8:29 AM CSTSNOW 2Montrose, MN
Dec 4, 8:29 AM CSTSNOW 2St Croix Falls, WI
Dec 4, 8:34 AM CSTSNOW 23 E East Farmington, WI2 INCHES PAST FEW HOURS... 5.5 INCHES TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY
Dec 4, 8:36 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Haugen, WI2.5 INCHES IN PAST FOUR HOURS
Dec 4, 8:37 AM CSTSNOW 2Edina, MN
Dec 4, 8:37 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Hutchinson, MN
Dec 4, 8:59 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Norwood/Young America, MN
Dec 4, 9:02 AM CSTSNOW 3Blaine, MN
Dec 4, 9:20 AM CSTSNOW 3Delano, MN
Dec 4, 9:27 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Hutchinson, MN
Dec 4, 9:40 AM CSTSNOW 2.91 S Deephaven, MN
Dec 4, 9:45 AM CSTSNOW 3Ramsey, MN
Dec 4, 9:51 AM CSTSNOW 4Brooklyn Center, MN
Dec 4, 9:53 AM CSTSNOW 2.1North St Paul, MN
Dec 4, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 3.6Blaine, MN0.6 INCHES IN PAST HOUR
Dec 4, 10:10 AM CSTSNOW 3.2Waverly, MN
Dec 4, 10:15 AM CSTSNOW 3.8Belview, MN
Dec 4, 10:21 AM CSTSNOW 0.8New Ulm, MN
Dec 4, 10:21 AM CSTSNOW 4.52 Nw Redwood Falls, MN
Dec 4, 10:35 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Big Lake, MN
Dec 4, 10:40 AM CSTSNOW 3Minnetonka, MN
Dec 4, 10:47 AM CSTSNOW 4.9Isanti, MNSTORM TOTAL SINCE MONDAY
Dec 4, 10:47 AM CSTSNOW 5.2Villard, MN3.1 INCHES IN PAST 6 HOURS
Dec 4, 11:00 AM CSTSNOW 4.1Blaine, MN0.5 INCHES IN PAST HOUR... CURRENTLY MIXING WITH RAIN
Dec 4, 11:34 AM CSTSNOW 3Glencoe, MN
Dec 4, 11:45 AM CSTSNOW 4.21 S Deephaven, MN
Dec 4, 11:45 AM CSTSNOW 4.2Maple Grove, MN
Dec 4, 11:53 AM CSTSNOW 3South Minneapolis, MN
Dec 4, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 2.3Msp Intl Airport, MNSTORM TOTAL
Dec 4, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 2.6St Cloud Airport, MNSTORM TOTAL
Dec 4, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 3.4Chanhassen, MNOFFICIAL NWS STORM TOTAL AS OF 12 PM
Dec 4, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 4Watertown, MNOBSERVED ON SE PORTION OF TOWN.
Dec 4, 12:15 PM CSTSNOW 4.2Waverly, MN
Dec 4, 12:19 PM CSTSNOW 2.8New Ulm, MN
Dec 4, 12:30 PM CSTSNOW 3Carver, MN
Dec 4, 12:34 PM CSTSNOW 3St Michael, MN
Dec 4, 12:57 PM CSTSNOW 4Springfield, MN
Dec 4, 1:00 PM CSTSNOW 5.1Blaine, MN1 INCH IN PAST HOUR
Dec 4, 1:10 PM CSTSNOW 3.5Monticello, MN
Dec 4, 1:15 PM CSTSNOW 3Shoreview, MN
Dec 4, 1:15 PM CSTSNOW 4Monticello, MN4 INCHES IN PAST 12 HOURS... 4.5 INCHES SINCE MONDAY
Dec 4, 1:30 PM CSTSNOW 61 Sse Victoria, MN
Dec 4, 1:39 PM CSTSNOW 5.6Redwood Falls, MN
Dec 4, 1:40 PM CSTSNOW 4.8Plymouth, MN
Dec 4, 1:48 PM CSTSNOW 4Little Canada, MN
Dec 4, 2:02 PM CSTSNOW 5Comfrey, MN
Dec 4, 2:05 PM CSTSNOW 6Victoria, MN
Dec 4, 2:08 PM CSTSNOW 5.5Alexandria, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-12-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 382 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
412 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 031010
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
410 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER LATE
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF THE
REGION FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING
IS LOCATED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMFREY TO MANKATO AND
WOODBURY IN MINNESOTA AND HUDSON TO LADYSMITH IN WISCONSIN. THIS
INCLUDES MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT ALONG THE I-90
CORRIDOR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THE
WARNING AREA AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BEHIND THE
SYSTEM...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS AND THAT POTENTIAL WILL NEED TO BE
WATCHED.

MNZ041>045-047>068-073-WIZ014>016-023-032200-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0013.131204T0000Z-131205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0012.131204T0300Z-131205T1200Z/
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-REDWOOD-POLK-BARRON-
RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND
410 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
  ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL BECOME STEADIER TONIGHT
  AND HEAVY AT TIMES BY WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY
  EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY
  WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS
  WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
  DANGEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON
  COMMUTES ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATLY IMPACTED. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ074-075-032200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0012.131204T0300Z-131205T1200Z/
BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER
410 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL BECOME STEADIER TONIGHT
  AND HEAVY AT TIMES BY WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY
  EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY
  WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
  DANGEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON
  COMMUTES ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATLY IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ069-070-WIZ024-025-027-032200-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0013.131204T0000Z-131205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0029.131204T0300Z-131205T1200Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
410 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW TODAY WILL BECOME STEADY
  SNOW TONIGHT AND HEAVY AT TIMES BY WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER
  OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
  WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ARE EXPECTED TO BE
  GREATLY IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ076>078-082>085-WIZ026-028-032200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0029.131204T0300Z-131205T1200Z/
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-PEPIN-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...DURAND...PEPIN...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
410 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW TODAY WILL BECOME STEADY
  SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON COMMUTE IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATLY IMPACTED.

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/DWE
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 031734
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1134 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...SNOW INCREASING TONIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE
REGION FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING
IS LOCATED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMFREY TO MANKATO AND
WOODBURY IN MINNESOTA... AND HUDSON TO LADYSMITH IN WISCONSIN. THIS
INCLUDES MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT ALONG THE I-90
CORRIDOR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THE
WARNING AREA WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED.
BEHIND THE SYSTEM...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER
VALLEY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS AND THAT POTENTIAL WILL NEED TO BE
MONITORED.

MNZ041>045-047>068-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-040145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.131204T0300Z-131205T1200Z/
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-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
1134 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS 
  ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 

* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW TODAY WILL BECOME ALL
  SNOW THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. THE
  SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
  INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
  PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
  ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
  DANGEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON
  COMMUTES WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ069-070-076>078-082>085-WIZ024>028-040145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0029.131204T0300Z-131205T1200Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1134 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW TODAY WILL BECOME STEADY
  SNOW TONIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW
  WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
  THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ARE EXPECTED TO 
  BE GREATLY IMPACTED. 

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.

&&

$$

RAH
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 040149
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
749 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...SNOW INCREASING TONIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF THE
REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING IS
LOCATED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COMFREY TO MANKATO AND
WOODBURY IN MINNESOTA...AND HUDSON TO LADYSMITH IN WISCONSIN.
THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT ALONG THE I-90
CORRIDOR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THE
WARNING AREA WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED.
BEHIND THE SYSTEM...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER
VALLEY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS AND THAT POTENTIAL WILL NEED TO BE
MONITORED.

MNZ041>045-047>068-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-041000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.131204T0300Z-131205T1200Z/
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-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
749 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS 
  ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 

* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE
  OVERNIGHT THEN BECOME HEAVIER TOWARD DAYBREAK WITH PERIODS OF
  HEAVY SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY
  EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN
  MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT AND 
  DANGEROUS ON WEDNESDAY. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON 
  COMMUTES WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ069-070-076>078-082>085-WIZ024>028-041000-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0029.131204T0300Z-131205T1200Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
749 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING: OCCASIONAL OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING WILL
  BECOME STEADY SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES ON
  WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
  THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ARE EXPECTED TO 
  BE GREATLY IMPACTED. 

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.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 040912
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
312 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...HEAVY SNOW TODAY FOLLOWED BY STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW
TONIGHT...

.BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACTED AS SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ACCUMULATES ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO MINNEAPOLIS IN MINNESOTA...AND
HUDSON TO LADYSMITH IN WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS...NEARING
ONE FOOT...ARE POSSIBLE NEAR LAKE MILLE LACS AND MORA. LESSER...BUT
STILL IMPACTFUL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED
FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY
FROM NEAR WINDOM TO OWATONNA TO EAU CLAIRE. A PERIOD OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...AND A MIX OF
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN INTO THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY AROUND EAU CLAIRE AND
INTERSTATE 94.

WHILE THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF THIS
EVENING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER
VALLEY...WHERE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

MNZ041>045-047>068-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-041715-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
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-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
312 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
  ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING
  ONE FOOT NEAR LAKE MILLE LACS AND MORA. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TODAY...TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING.
  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY TONIGHT. THE
  GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR
  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE
  MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS TODAY...WITH MORNING AND
  AFTERNOON COMMUTES GREATLY IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ091-041715-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FAIRMONT
312 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* TIMING: FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
  ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TODAY...INCLUDING ALONG
  INTERSTATE 90. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ069-070-076>078-082>085-WIZ024>028-041715-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
312 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...AND TAPER OFF
  THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF
  SLEET...SNOW AND RAIN...WILL OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  DURING THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY AROUND EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA
  FALLS AND INTERSTATE 94.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT THIS MORNING...WITH BOTH
  MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES GREATLY IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 041612
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1012 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...HEAVY SNOW TODAY FOLLOWED BY STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW
TONIGHT...

.TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED TODAY AS SNOWFALL OF 6 TO
10 INCHES ACCUMULATES FROM THE WEST AND NORTH SIDES OF THE TWIN
CITIES THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS... NEARING ONE FOOT... ARE
LIKELY NEAR LAKE MILLE LACS AND MORA. A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. A LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY WITH A SNOW ACCUMULATION
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES THEREAFTER.

WHILE THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL TAPER DURING THE
EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER
VALLEY... WHERE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

MNZ041>045-047>068-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-050015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
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-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
1012 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
  ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTH SIDES OF THE TWIN CITIES ON NORTHWARD
  THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING
  ONE FOOT NEAR LAKE MILLE LACS AND MORA.

* TIMING: PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TODAY...TAPERING OFF THIS 
  EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY 
  TONIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
  SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND 
  ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. 

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS TODAY...WITH COMMUTE TIMES GREATLY
  IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ069-070-076>078-082>085-091-WIZ024>028-050015-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1012 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY. 

* ICE ACCUMULATION: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO ALL
  SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END
  OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...WITH COMMUTE TIMES GREATLY
  IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 042159
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
359 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...SNOW DIMINISHING THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...

.ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WHILE A WINTRY MIX ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN CHANGES TO ALL SNOW BEFORE DIMINISHING TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. 
SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. COMMUTE TIMES
THROUGH THE EVENING WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED BY THE WINTRY
WEATHER.

IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING ALONG
WITH TEMPERATURES PLUMMETING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. THE
STRONG WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OVERSPREAD EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE IN THE EVENING. THE
STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
WESTERN MINNESOTA AND IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.

MNZ041>045-047>068-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-050600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
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-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
359 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION
  ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AND
  WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL
  SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST
  AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTH SIDES OF THE TWIN CITIES ON
  NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

* TIMING: SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY STRONG AND
  GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND THE
  MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...WITH COMMUTE TIMES GREATLY
  IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ069-070-076>078-082>085-091-WIZ024>028-050600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
359 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* TIMING: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO ALL
  SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH LIGHT
  SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE SNOW
  WILL END OVERNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. 

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.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 050320
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
920 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...SNOW ENDING TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...MUCH
COLDER TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...

.ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED TONIGHT ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

HOWEVER...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH...
ESPECIALLY OVER WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WILL
PERSIST OVERNIGHT CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS
MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...EVEN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS.
AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE THOSE ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM KENSINGTON TO LITTLE FALLS TO THE WESTERN
SHORES OF LAKE MILLE LACS.

GOING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH SOUTH-CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN...WINDS WILL BE LESS BUT SOME
OCCASIONAL GUSTS MAY LEAD TO PATCHY SPOTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. 


MNZ047>068-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-050430-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
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-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND
920 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. 

BREEZY AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT MAY OCCASIONALLY CREATE
LOCATIONS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OPEN AND
UNTREATED AREAS.

$$

MNZ069-070-076>078-082>085-091-WIZ024>028-050430-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
920 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION IS NO LONGER EXPECTED FOR THESE AREAS AND ONLY
MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY DEVELOP.

$$

MNZ041>045-051200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA
920 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED.

* TIMING: SNOW ENDING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG AND GUSTY
  NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW...WITH POSSIBLE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...WITH COMMUTE TIMES GREATLY 
  IMPACTED. 

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.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS43 KMPX 050943
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
343 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...PROLONGED DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS TO PLAGUE THE REGION...

.DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING TO
BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES FROM THIS EVENING
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WHILE WIND CHILLS WILL BRIEFLY IMPROVE ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THEY WILL QUICKLY PLUMMET BACK TO DANGEROUS
VALUES ON FRIDAY EVENING AND PERSIST UNTIL LATE MORNING SATURDAY.
THE COLDEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND OVER WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...WHERE WIND CHILLS WILL APPROACH 35 BELOW ON FRIDAY
NIGHT.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST
OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO REDWOOD FALLS. EAST OF THAT
LINE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO...MANKATO...AND EAU CLAIRE
AREAS...WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT DURING THE NIGHTTIME
HOURS TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

MNZ044-045-051745-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.131206T0300Z-131206T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.131207T0000Z-131207T1500Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA
343 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED
FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 


* WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS: PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

MNZ041>043-051745-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0012.000000T0000Z-131205T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.131206T0000Z-131207T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS
343 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS: PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-051745-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.131206T0300Z-131206T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0007.131207T0000Z-131207T1500Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
MCLEOD-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-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
HUTCHINSON...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...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
343 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED
FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES: 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

MNZ047>050-054>058-064-065-073-051745-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0006.131206T0000Z-131207T1800Z/
STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
343 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST SATURDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES: 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  MORNING...AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS: PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 2:44 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more33 hr
Dec 3, 4:10 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Martin, Rice and 4 more41 hr

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.