Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 3, 2013, 11:09 AM CST for 39 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 3, 2013, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 3, 2013, 11:09 AM CST (17:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 48 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 1:52 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Wsw St James, MN | |
| Mar 4, 1:58 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Olivia, MN | |
| Mar 4, 2:01 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Benson, MN | |
| Mar 4, 2:01 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Mar 4, 2:01 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Granite Falls, MN | |
| Mar 4, 2:01 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Willmar, MN | |
| Mar 4, 2:15 AM CST | SNOW 2 | New Ulm, MN | |
| Mar 4, 2:19 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Fairmont, MN | |
| Mar 4, 2:24 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Wells, MN | |
| Mar 4, 2:24 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Blue Earth, MN | |
| Mar 4, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Wsw St James, MN | |
| Mar 4, 4:38 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Mankato, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Kimball, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Chaska, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sw Carlos, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Willmar, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 4 E Mankato, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.6 | 3 Se New Ulm, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Fairmont, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:31 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Sacred Heart, MN | |
| Mar 4, 6:58 AM CST | SNOW 2.9 | Madelia, MN | |
| Mar 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Melrose, MN | |
| Mar 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | New Prague, MN | |
| Mar 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Ssw Montgomery, MN | |
| Mar 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 6 Wsw St Peter, MN | |
| Mar 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 2 Wnw Lakeville, MN | |
| Mar 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Wnw Green Isle, MN | |
| Mar 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Mar 4, 7:41 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Hamburg, MN | |
| Mar 4, 7:41 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | 1 E St Cloud, MN | SCSU |
| Mar 4, 7:41 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Nne Faribault, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Owatonna, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 2 Nw Chaska, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 2 W Prior Lake, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Willmar, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | 1 W Carver, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | 3 N Alexandria, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 Se Albert Lea, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | 2 Ene Morris, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 1 Sw Edina, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.9 | Montgomery, MN | LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.19 INCHES. |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Ellendale, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Owatonna, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Wells, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 1 Wsw Darwin, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 9 Nne Bird Island, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Waseca, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Nnw Springfield, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Wanamingo, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Winnebago, MN | |
| Mar 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 2 Ene Morris, MN | |
| Mar 4, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Waconia, MN | |
| Mar 4, 9:23 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Albert Lea, MN | REPORT RELAYED BY LOCAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 4, 9:26 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 S Clear Lake, MN | READING TAKEN AT REST STOP ON INTERSTATE 494. |
| Mar 4, 10:21 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Springfield, MN | OBSERVER MEASURED 0.15 INCHES OF MOISTURE FROM THIS AMOUNT. |
| Mar 4, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Eden Prairie, MN | |
| Mar 4, 10:35 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Mar 4, 11:58 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Monticello, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 2442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
418 WWUS43 KMPX 031709 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1109 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SNOW SPREADING IN TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6-10 INCHES TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES DEPENDING ON WHERE PRIMARY SNOW BANDS SET UP. THIS SNOWFALL LOOKS TO BE SPLIT UP INTO TWO WAVES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. THE FIRST WILL COME TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH A SECOND ROUND EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FOR A PERIOD MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN THESE TWO WAVES. MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065>067-075-083-092-040115- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0300Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...ST. PETER... MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 1109 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ043-050-051-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-040115- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0600Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-BENTON-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1109 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ044-052-WIZ023-024-026-040115- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0600Z-130306T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-ISANTI-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...CAMBRIDGE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN 1109 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... 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 TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ WIZ015-016-025-027-028-040115- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 1109 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-040115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1109 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DIMINISHING ON TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MNZ045-053-WIZ014-040115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ KANABEC-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE 1109 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
12 follow-up statements
254 WWUS43 KMPX 032054 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SNOW SPREADING IN TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY... .SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BETWEEN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS A WINTER STORM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES DEPENDING ON WHERE PRIMARY SNOW BANDS SET UP. THIS SNOWFALL LOOKS TO BE SPLIT UP INTO TWO WAVES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. THE FIRST WILL COME TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... WITH A SECOND ROUND EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FOR A PERIOD MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN THESE TWO WAVES. MNZ074-082-091-040500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0300Z-130305T1800Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DIMINISHING ON TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MNZ045-053-WIZ014-025-040500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0600Z-130306T0000Z/ KANABEC-CHISAGO-POLK-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065>067-075-083-092-040500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0300Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...ST. PETER... MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ043-044-050>052-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023-024- 026-040500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0600Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-040500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.130304T0300Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: A BRIEF MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING BEFORE THE MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-040500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
346 WWUS43 KMPX 040313 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SNOW SPREADING IN TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY... .SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A WINTER STORM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES DEPENDING ON WHERE PRIMARY SNOW BANDS SET UP. THIS SNOWFALL LOOKS TO BE SPLIT UP INTO TWO WAVES OF SNOW. THE FIRST WILL COME TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH A SECOND ROUND EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FOR A PERIOD MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN THESE TWO WAVES. MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0600Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAY OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
708 WWUS43 KMPX 040900 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .SNOW WAS FALLING EARLY THIS MORNING FROM WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. IN ADDITION...BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WERE CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING WITH A DIMINISHING TREND IN THE SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY BEFORE COMING TO AN END TUESDAY NIGHT. BY LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER AREA. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES. WIZ015-016-027-028-041700- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW DEVELOPING TODAY...THEN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-041700- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-041700- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED. THE FIRST THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SECOND TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-041700- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
236 WWUS43 KMPX 041216 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .SNOW WAS FALLING EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WERE COMMON OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WITH TRACE TO ONE INCH AMOUNTS FARTHER EAST. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WAS BEING REPORTED DUE TO BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING WHILE CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA. A DIMINISHING TREND IN THE SNOW IS FORECAST FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER AREA. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES. MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED. THE FIRST THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SECOND TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES...LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DEVELOPING TODAY...THEN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
535 WWUS43 KMPX 041819 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...HEAVY SNOW RETURNS TONIGHT... .AT NOON LIGHT SNOW WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS IT DIMINISHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WERE COMMON THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WAS BEING REPORTED DUE TO BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER AREA. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES. MNZ047-055-056-065-074-082-091-050230- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-RENVILLE-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...OLIVIA... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HEAVIER SNOW RETURNING TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SIMILAR WIND SPEEDS...BUT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BRING A RETURN TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-050230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-050230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED. THE FIRST THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SECOND TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES...LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. SIMILAR WIND SPEEDS...BUT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BRING A RETURN TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-050230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-050230- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIMILAR WIND SPEEDS...BUT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BRING A RETURN TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
566 WWUS43 KMPX 042200 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...HEAVY SNOW RETURNS TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING LIGHT SNOW OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE SECOND...MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE FIRST BAND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH IT. BAND TWO WILL CONTINUE WORKING EAST THIS EVENING...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AS IT REACHES THE ST. CLOUD AND MANKATO AREAS. THIS HEAVY BAND OF SNOW WILL THEN SLOWLY WORK EAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE EAU CLAIRE AREA AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS BAND WILL RANGE FROM 5-7 INCHES FROM MANKATO THROUGH ST. CLOUD...7 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER...WHICH INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED FROM EAU CLAIRE TO RICE LAKE. WEST OF ST. CLOUD AND MANKATO...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS FRESH SNOWFALL IN OPEN AREAS. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES...LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS START GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH. 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. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH IS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OF AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
219 WWUS43 KMPX 050343 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 943 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES... .WIDESPREAD SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW LINGERING INTO THE MORNING HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS BAND WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES FROM MANKATO THROUGH ST. CLOUD...7 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER...WHICH INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...WITH 5 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED FROM EAU CLAIRE TO RICE LAKE. WEST OF ST. CLOUD AND MANKATO...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL LEAD TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-051200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 943 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT WITH A DIMINISHING TREND TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED THE FARTHER WEST YOU GO IN MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-051200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 943 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 9 INCHES... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS START GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-051200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 943 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED THE FARTHER WEST YOU GO IN MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
873 WWUS43 KMPX 050918 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 318 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...SNOW CONTINUING TODAY WITH HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING... .WIDESPREAD SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MORNING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE IN THE DAY. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FROM ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS ON SOUTHEAST TO MANKATO...ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA AS WELL AS IN THE RICE LAKE TO EAU CLAIRE AREAS. SNOW AMOUNTS FROM MORRIS THROUGH REDWOOD FALL TO FAIRMONT WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 AND 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-051730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 318 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING: SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-051730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 318 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-051730- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 318 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING: SNOW THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING OR ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW 2 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
757 WWUS43 KMPX 051220 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 620 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...SNOW THIS MORNING WITH A DIMINISHING TREND THIS AFTERNOON... .WIDESPREAD SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ENDING IN EASTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE IN THE DAY. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FROM ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS ON SOUTHEAST TO MANKATO...ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA AS WELL AS IN THE RICE LAKE TO EAU CLAIRE AREAS. SNOW AMOUNTS FROM MORRIS THROUGH REDWOOD FALLS TO FAIRMONT WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-051800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 620 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING: SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-052030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 620 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING... THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-051800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 620 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING: SNOW THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING OR ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
032 WWUS43 KMPX 051751 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...OVERALL SNOWFALL DIMINISHING BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BECOMING A CONCERN IN MINNESOTA... .SNOWFALL IS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE ACROSS ALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WHILE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL HAS SHIFTED INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE...STARTING IN WESTERN MINNESOTA THEN SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WHICH WILL CREATE A BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAZARD...ESPECIALLY OVER MUCH OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH HEAVIER SNOW AND WINDS UP TO AROUND 15 MPH. THE OVERALL IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LESSEN BY SUNSET. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-060000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...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 THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: SNOWFALL GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-060000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: SNOWFALL GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 2 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-060000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON... THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-060000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOWFALL GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 1 INCH EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
938 WWUS43 KMPX 052037 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 237 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...OVERALL SNOWFALL DIMINISHING BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REMAINS A CONCERN... .SNOWFALL IS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WHILE LIGHT SNOW...WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE SNOW...CONTINUES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WHICH WILL CREATE A BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAZARD...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AND WINDS UP TO AROUND 15 MPH. THE OVERALL IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LESSEN THIS EVENING. WIZ014>016-023>028-060000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 237 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-060000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 237 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOWFALL SLOWLY ENDING...TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THEN STEADILY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
234 WWUS43 KMPX 060002 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 602 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN... .OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST. WIZ014>016-023>028-060115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 602 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST. $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-060115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 602 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST. WIND IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:54 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 51 hr |
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Sources
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