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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 8, 201313 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 8, 2013, 12:22 PM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 8, 2013, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 26 hr. 8 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 8, 2013, 12:22 PM CST (18:22 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2013, 10:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 10, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 3:55 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.27 S Hillman, MN
Mar 9, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Motley, MN
Mar 9, 3:16 PM CSTSNOW 6.5Millerville, MN
Mar 9, 4:36 PM CSTSNOW 2.77 S Hillman, MNSLUSHY ACCUMULATION... 0.96 INCHES PRECIPITATION
Mar 9, 5:00 PM CSTSNOW 0.5Sauk Rapids, MN
Mar 9, 5:57 PM CSTSNOW 2.8Long Prairie, MN
Mar 9, 6:25 PM CSTSNOW 5.8Chokio, MN
Mar 9, 6:32 PM CSTSNOW 0.6St Cloud, MNMEASURED AT THE PRISON.

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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

875 
WWUS43 KMPX 081822
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1222 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET EXPECTED ELSEWHERE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... 

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SHIFTING EAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS
INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL
SPREAD A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO LAKE MILLE LACS BY
SATURDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD
INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FURTHER EAST ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM A TENTH TO
ONE QUARTER INCH.

MNZ041>044-047>050-054>057-064-090230-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.130309T0200Z-130310T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.130309T0400Z-130310T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
1222 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
  EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE SLEET AND FREEZING
  RAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY
  LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION MAY TURN TO
  ALL RAIN FOR A TIME SATURDAY...PARTICULARLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
  FROM MADISON TO LITTLE FALLS.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD INCH
  TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY SNOW ACCUMULATION
  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

MNZ051-058-059-065-066-073-090230-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.130309T0200Z-130310T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T0400Z-130309T1200Z/
SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS
1222 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN THIS EVENING BEFORE
  TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ045-090230-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.130309T0200Z-130310T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T0700Z-130309T1500Z/
KANABEC-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORA
1222 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ067-068-090230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T0400Z-130309T1200Z/
SIBLEY-CARVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...CHASKA
1222 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN LATE THIS EVENING
  BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ052-053-060>063-069-070-078-WIZ014-023>026-028-090230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T0700Z-130309T1500Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
GOODHUE-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1222 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
  TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

WIZ015-016-027-090230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T1000Z-130309T1800Z/
BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
1222 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN LATE TONIGHT BEFORE
  TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

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
6 follow-up statements
862 
WWUS43 KMPX 082125
WSWMPX

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

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET EXPECTED ELSEWHERE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SHIFTING EAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS
INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL
SPREAD A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO LAKE MILLE LACS BY
SATURDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD
INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY 2 TO
4 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FURTHER EAST ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...A PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM A TENTH TO
ONE QUARTER INCH.

MNZ041>044-047>050-054>057-064-090600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.130309T0400Z-130310T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
325 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO 
  EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE SLEET AND 
  FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TURNING TO 
  ALL SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION 
  MAY TURN TO ALL RAIN FOR A TIME SATURDAY...PARTICULARLY 
  SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO LITTLE FALLS. 

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD INCH 
  TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY SNOW ACCUMULATION 
  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
  TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

MNZ074>077-090600-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T0400Z-130309T1500Z/
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT
325 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN DURING THE LATE
  EVENING BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH 
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ051-058-059-065>068-073-090600-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T0400Z-130309T1500Z/
SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS
325 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN LATE THIS EVENING 
  BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH 
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ045-052-053-060>063-069-070-078-WIZ014-023>026-028-090600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T0700Z-130309T1500Z/
KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
325 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN JUST AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH 
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

WIZ015-016-027-090600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T1000Z-130309T1800Z/
BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
325 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON
CST SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN LATE TONIGHT 
  BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH 
  EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

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
874 
WWUS43 KMPX 090312
WSWMPX

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

...ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE AS A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION SPREADS INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

.FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA
TONIGHT...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD INCH
EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL
TURN TO ALL SNOW NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO LAKE
MILLE LACS BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCH SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.

FARTHER EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET IS POSSIBLE
TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN UNDER ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

MNZ041>044-047>050-054>057-064-091115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.130309T0400Z-130310T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
912 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SATURDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
  MORNING...CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD INCH 
  TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY SNOW ACCUMULATION 
  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
  TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

MNZ051-058-059-065>068-073>077-091115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T0400Z-130309T1500Z/
SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
912 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN LATE THIS EVENING 
  BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ045-052-053-060>063-069-070-078-WIZ014-023>026-028-091115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T0700Z-130309T1500Z/
KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
912 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM
CST SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN JUST AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

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.

&&

$$

WIZ015-016-027-091115-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.130309T1000Z-130309T1800Z/
BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
912 PM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON
CST SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PUSH IN LATE TONIGHT 
  BEFORE TURNING TO MAINLY RAIN SATURDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

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.

&&

$$
157 
WWUS43 KMPX 091031
WSWMPX

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

...ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CONTINUE AS A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION MOVES ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...

.FREEZING RAIN...RAIN...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO LAKE MILLE LACS BY THIS 
EVENING...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

FARTHER EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN...RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...BUT TEMPERATURES
CONDUCIVE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL BE IN PLACE THIS MORNING...BEFORE
A GRADUAL WARM UP ALLOWS THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO PURE RAIN
BY THIS AFTERNOON.

MNZ060-062-067>070-073>078-091145-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130309T1500Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...GAYLORD...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING
431 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

TEMPERATURES HAVE CONTINUED TO WARM OVERNIGHT...AND THE THREAT FOR
FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING NO LONGER EXISTS.

$$

MNZ041>044-047>050-054>057-064-091845-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
431 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN...RAIN...AND SNOW TODAY...CHANGING TO ALL
  SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT: ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF
  AN INCH POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY SNOW ACCUMULATION
  BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TRAVEL
  WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

MNZ051-058-059-065-066-091500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130309T1500Z/
SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON
431 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING: A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. BURSTS OF SNOW
  WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ045-052-053-061-063-WIZ014-023>026-028-091500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130309T1500Z/
KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA-WASHINGTON-POLK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-
DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
BLAINE...STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
431 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. 

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. BURSTS
  OF SNOW WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

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.

&&

$$

WIZ015-016-027-091800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130309T1800Z/
BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
431 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* TIMING: FREEZING RAIN AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. BURSTS
  OF SNOWFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITIES.

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.

&&

$$
565 
WWUS43 KMPX 091650
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1050 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...QUICK BURST OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON...

.AFTER THE BREAK IN PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING...ANOTHER BAND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS
OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW IS
EXPECTED NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CANBY...TO
MONTEVIDEO...TO SAUK CENTRE...TO LAKE MILLE LACS. A QUICK 2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. WHILE MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS SNOW...SOME RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN
COULD STILL MIX IN WITH THE SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.

WIZ015-016-027-091800-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130309T1800Z/
BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
1050 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW HAS DIMINISHED.

$$

MNZ041>044-047>050-054>057-064-100100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
1050 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING: SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
  TRAVEL COULD BE FURTHER IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$
816 
WWUS43 KMPX 092100
WSWMPX

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

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY... 

.A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF FAR
WESTERN MINNESOTA HAVE OBSERVED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SINCE
AROUND THE NOON HOUR. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND SHOULD SLOWLY MOVE EAST WITH TIME.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
CANBY...TO MONTEVIDEO...TO SAUK CENTRE...TO LAKE MILLE LACS. 3 TO
6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY AND SHOULD IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED
NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM AUSTIN...TO ROCHESTER...TO EAU
CLAIRE. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BUT THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW WILL END UP.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR UPDATES THIS WEEKEND.

MNZ041>044-047>050-054>057-064-100600-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
300 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING: SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
  TRAVEL COULD BE FURTHER IMPACTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

WIZ026>028-100600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0007.130311T0000Z-130311T1800Z/
PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
300 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING: SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LINGERING INTO MONDAY
  MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT: SNOWFALL OF AROUND 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$
009 
WWUS43 KMPX 100543
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1143 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...

.ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY AND SHOULD IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT THIS TIME... THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM AUSTIN... TO
ROCHESTER... TO EAU CLAIRE. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE
BUT THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE THE NORTHERN EDGE
OF THE SNOW WILL END UP. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR
UPDATES THIS WEEKEND.

MNZ041>044-047>050-054>057-064-100645-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130310T0600Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS
1143 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING: A FEW FLURRIES REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... BUT
  SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED.

* MAIN IMPACT: ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL.

* OTHER IMPACTS: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT... WHICH WILL
  CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.


$$

WIZ026>028-101345-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.130311T0000Z-130311T1800Z/
PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1143 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013

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

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

* TIMING: SNOW DEVELOPING BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND LINGERING INTO
  MONDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT: SNOWFALL OF AROUND 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 12:22 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 16 more22 hr

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Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013

Sources

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