Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 9, 2013, 4:02 AM CST for 4 counties in Wisconsin; 30 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. 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
- Feb 9, 2013, 4:02 AM CST (10:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2013, 3:41 AM CST
- In force
- 28 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 10:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 12:48 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Alexandria, MN | |
| Feb 10, 6:32 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Carlos, MN | PRECIPITATION 0.36 INCHES. |
| Feb 10, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.9 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Feb 10, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 Nnw Cold Spring, MN | |
| Feb 10, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Feb 10, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | 9 Nne Bird Island, MN | |
| Feb 10, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 N Alexandria, MN | |
| Feb 10, 8:27 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Andover, MN | |
| Feb 10, 8:27 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Dawson, MN | |
| Feb 10, 10:28 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Lowry, MN | |
| Feb 10, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Motley, MN | |
| Feb 10, 10:49 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 Nnw Hammond, WI | MIXED WITH SLEET |
| Feb 10, 10:59 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Motley, MN | IN LAST HOUR |
| Feb 10, 10:59 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Millerville, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:08 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Motley, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:10 AM CST | SLEET 0.2 | Richfield, MN | MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN |
| Feb 10, 11:10 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Springfield, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:23 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:26 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Willmar, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:27 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Brooklyn Park, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:28 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | St Louis Park, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:33 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Gibbon, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:39 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Monticello, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:42 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:45 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Falcon Heights, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:54 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 5 Nnw Burnsville, MN | ALSO HAS HALF INCH LAYER OF ICE/SLEET UNDER SNOW |
| Feb 10, 11:54 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Renville, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:54 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Sacred Heart, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:55 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Richfield, MN | |
| Feb 10, 11:57 AM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Blaine, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Minneapolis, MN | MEASURED AT MSP AIRPORT. |
| Feb 10, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Feb 10, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Waconia, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Feb 10, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | St Cloud, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:04 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Montevideo, MN | 3 INCHES IN PAST 3 HOURS |
| Feb 10, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 3.2 | 7 S Hillman, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 2 Nnw Elk River, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:24 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Coon Rapids, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:28 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:29 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Brandon, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:35 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Mahtomedi, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:35 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Mahtomedi, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:38 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Lowry, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:42 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Annandale, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:50 PM CST | SNOW 4.9 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Feb 10, 12:55 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Ramsey, MN | |
| Feb 10, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 Se Fridley, MN | 0.4 INCHES OF SLEET IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW |
| Feb 10, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Wnw Richfield, MN | |
| Feb 10, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Waconia, MN | |
| Feb 10, 1:18 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | St Louis Park, MN | |
| Feb 10, 1:18 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | St Louis Park, MN | |
| Feb 10, 1:18 PM CST | SNOW 2 | St Louis Park, MN | |
| Feb 10, 1:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Motley, MN | |
| Feb 10, 1:22 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Isanti, MN | |
| Feb 10, 1:28 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Feb 10, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Ramsey, MN | |
| Feb 10, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Chetek, WI | |
| Feb 10, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Carver, MN | |
| Feb 10, 2:10 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Se Fridley, MN | 0.4 INCHES OF SLEET IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW |
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, 10.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
133 WWUS43 KMPX 091002 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE LOST TO RAIN AT THIS TIME ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...BUT CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A GRANITE FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS LINE. SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING...TRANSITIONING TO A RAIN SNOW MIX SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS AS SNOW...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA...ALONG WITH A TENTH TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. SUNDAY EVENING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-091815- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130211T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS SUNDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>052-058-091815- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... LITCHFIELD 402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ065-067-073>075-091815- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIP WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN SNOW MIX SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ053-059>063-066-068>070-076-WIZ014>016-023>025-027-091815- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/ CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 402 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIP WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN SNOW MIX SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ JRB
7 follow-up statements
644 WWUS43 KMPX 091857 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AND IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO TO LADYSMITH... WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH OF THERE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW MUCH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE LOST TO MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... BUT THERE IS INCREASED CONFIDENCE THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A REDWOOD FALLS TO CAMBRIDGE LINE. SOUTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE... SOME FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND RAIN COULD MIX WITH SNOW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME ON SUNDAY... TRANSITIONING BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW CAN EXPECT TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURS... TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. SUNDAY EVENING... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA... AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS THEY BUILD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THOSE AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MNZ065-067-073>075-100300- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130211T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AS CONDITIONS WORSEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-100300- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ014>016-023-100300- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ059-066-068-100300- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ WRIGHT-MCLEOD-CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-100300- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>052-100300- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-100300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ070-100300- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/ DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BURNSVILLE 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ069-076-100300- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ SCOTT-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ024-025-027-100300- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.130210T1200Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T1200Z-130211T0600Z/ PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION.... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ085-091>093-100300- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130210T2100Z/ STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ077-082>084-100300- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ026-028-100300- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T1200Z-130211T0600Z/ GOODHUE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...DURAND...PEPIN... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1257 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
068 WWUS43 KMPX 100121 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM FROM LATE NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AND IS POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO TO LADYSMITH... WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH OF THERE. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS THIS EVENING AS TO HOW MUCH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE LOST TO MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN ON SUNDAY... BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A REDWOOD FALLS TO CAMBRIDGE LINE. SOUTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE... SOME FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND RAIN COULD MIX WITH SNOW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME ON SUNDAY... TRANSITIONING BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW CAN EXPECT TOTALS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURS... TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES... WITH LOWER AMOUNTS NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. SUNDAY EVENING... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA... AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS THEY BUILD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THOSE AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-100930- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-059-066-068-100930- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA 721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 11 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-100930- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T0600Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER 721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... AND BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY... THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ014>016-023-100930- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ070-100930- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130211T0600Z/ DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BURNSVILLE 721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ085-091>093-100930- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130210T2100Z/ STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ069-076-077-082>084-100930- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA 721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ024>028-100930- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T1200Z-130211T0600Z/ GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 721 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN... AND THEN TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR A TIME... BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
861 WWUS43 KMPX 100907 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM IS NOW BEGINNING... ...A BLIZZARD IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. FOR WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AS WINDS GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A PERIOD OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPS ALONG A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO RED WING AND EAU CLAIRE THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TODAY INTO MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO TO LADYSMITH...WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH OF THERE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW...MAINLY WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURS FURTHER SOUTHEAST... TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-102100- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.130211T0600Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-059-066-068-102100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY...AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-102100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ014>016-023-102100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.130210T1200Z-130211T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW...MAINLY THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ070-078-102100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ DAKOTA-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...RED WING 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ085-091>093-102100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ024>028-102100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.130210T1200Z-130211T1200Z/ PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ069-076-077-082>084-102100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA 307 AM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF/JRB
640 WWUS43 KMPX 102057 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WORST OF THE WINTRY WEATHER SETTLING DOWN FOR SOME... PERSISTING INTO MONDAY FOR OTHERS... .LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT... AND INTO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA... ALTHOUGH AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY THIS EVENING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ELSEWHERE. SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FELT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY... WHERE GUSTS OF 40-45 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM AROUND MONTEVIDEO SOUTHEAST TO NEAR NEW ULM. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT INTO MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MORA... WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH AND EAST OF THERE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW... MAINLY WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURRED SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO CAMBRIDGE... TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO LUCK... WISCONSIN. MNZ067-074-075-110500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING INTO MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: MIXED PRECIPITATION WHICH OCCURRED SUNDAY MORNING PUT A GLAZE OF ICE DOWN ON MANY SURFACES... WHICH MAY KEEP ROADS VERY SLIPPERY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-WIZ014>016-023-110500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ068-110500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHASKA 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ059-110500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONTICELLO 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES STORM TOTAL... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING... WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES STORM TOTAL... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-066-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-051-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 9 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ070-078-WIZ024>028-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ DAKOTA-GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ069-076-077-082>085-091>093-110500- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 257 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES STORM TOTAL. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL INTO MONDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
255 WWUS43 KMPX 110240 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...LIGHT SNOW WINDING DOWN AS WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOP ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT... AND INTO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN...MIXED WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. ELSEWHERE...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE. HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAS ENDED...WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED AND ADVISORY AREAS. THE MAIN STORY OVERNIGHT WILL BE THE INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS SPREADING ACROSS MINNESOTA. EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY SUNRISE. THE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM AROUND MONTEVIDEO SOUTHEAST TO NEAR NEW ULM. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MORA... WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ALL SNOW... MAINLY WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURRED SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO CAMBRIDGE... TOTALS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO LUCK... WISCONSIN. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES STORM TOTAL... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT...THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ067-074-075-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.130211T0300Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T0300Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING INTO MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-066-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-051-059-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ068-069-076-077-082>085-091>093-111045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 840 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTALS BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL INTO MONDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
476 WWUS43 KMPX 110519 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST- NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT... AND INTO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAS ENDED... BUT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARD SUNRISE AS WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MORA... WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MONDAY. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>075-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT...THROUGH MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-066-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-051-059-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT... RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ068-069-076-077-082>085-091>093-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1119 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL INTO MONDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
951 WWUS43 KMPX 110941 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... WITH SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAS ENDED...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WHERE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. MNZ067-074-075-111800- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.130211T0941Z-130211T1800Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ057-111800- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-051-059-111500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1500Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042-049-058-066-111800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130212T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... HUTCHINSON 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-065-073-111800- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ052-053-060>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-111500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1500Z/ ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 MPH...AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: UNTREATED ROADS REMAIN VERY SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ076-082>085-091>093-111800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130211T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 341 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH. * TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BORGHOFF/DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 12:57 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 47 hr |
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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.