Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Apr 8, 2013, 9:10 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 9, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 58 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
- Apr 8, 2013, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 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, Lac qui Parle 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, Redwood 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, Yellow Medicine 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), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:52 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Nw Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Apr 9, 1:06 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Nw Redwood Falls, MN | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Apr 9, 10:22 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Springfield, MN | THUNDER ALSO REPORTED. |
| Apr 10, 12:30 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Glencoe, MN | |
| Apr 10, 12:30 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Inver Grove Heights, MN | |
| Apr 10, 12:30 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | New Ulm, MN | |
| Apr 10, 12:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Lafayette, MN | CARS IN DITCH |
| Apr 10, 12:30 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Gaylord, MN | CARS IN DITCH |
| Apr 10, 12:35 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Le Sueur, MN | CARS IN DITCH |
| Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT | SNOW 0.7 | 5 Sse Minneapolis, MN | MSP AIRPORT |
| Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.2 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | 5 Sse Minneapolis, MN | MSP AIRPORT |
| Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.1 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| Apr 10, 2:19 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Glencoe, MN | |
| Apr 10, 2:19 AM CDT | SNOW 2.2 | Hastings, MN | |
| Apr 10, 5:03 AM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | Eau Claire, WI | WQOW |
| Apr 10, 5:26 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Winthrop, MN | |
| Apr 10, 5:26 AM CDT | SNOW 2.1 | 2 Nw Chaska, MN | |
| Apr 10, 5:42 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Apr 10, 5:56 AM CDT | SNOW 2.1 | 1 Ssw Jordan, MN | |
| Apr 10, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Nnw Red Wing, MN | L+D3 |
| Apr 10, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 1.6 | Jim Falls, WI | |
| Apr 10, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Credit River, MN | |
| Apr 10, 7:04 AM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | 5 Sse Minneapolis, MN | MSP AIRPORT...CORRECTED FOR TOTAL. |
| Apr 10, 7:04 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Apr 10, 7:04 AM CDT | SNOW 2.1 | Chanhassen, MN | CORRECTED FOR TOTAL. |
| Apr 10, 7:04 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Apr 10, 7:12 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Sw Cannon Falls, MN | |
| Apr 10, 7:26 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Sw Menomonie, WI | |
| Apr 10, 7:26 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Richfield, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 1 Wnw Richfield, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 1 W Watertown, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 4 Se Frontenac, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 5 Ese New Prague, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Bloomer, WI | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | Waconia, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Ene Richfield, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Ssw Montevideo, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 1 W Cottage Grove, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 3 N Boyceville, WI | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Chippewa Falls, WI | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Hamburg, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.9 | 1 Ene Inver Grove Heigh, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.9 | 3 Ese Eden Prairie, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 1 Ssw Lonsdale, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 2 Se Lake Elmo, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 2 W Prior Lake, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 3 Ene Montgomery, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 3 Ne Burnsville, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Elk Mound, WI | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Hastings, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT | SNOW 2.2 | 2 Nnw Springfield, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:46 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 1 Sw Eau Claire, WI | |
| Apr 10, 8:46 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 3 Nw Ellsworth, WI | |
| Apr 11, 3:11 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | St James, MN | |
| Apr 11, 5:06 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | St James, MN | |
| Apr 11, 5:46 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Mankato, MN | KEYC |
| Apr 11, 5:46 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Redwood Falls, MN | |
| Apr 11, 5:50 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Jordan, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
130 WWUS43 KMPX 090210 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 910 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WEST AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A SINGLE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A COUPLE ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY. SLEET OR RAIN WILL ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND EASTWARD LATE TUESDAY...REACHING EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE SNOW WILL BE THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LOCATIONS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST WILL LIKELY ENDURE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET... AND RAIN. EVENTUALLY NEARLY ALL OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SLUSHY SNOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES ON THURSDAY. MNZ047>049-054>058-064-065-073-091015- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.130409T0800Z-130411T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130409T0900Z-130411T1800Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 910 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: TWO DAY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: MIXED PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING SLEET ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ041>043-050-091015- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0008.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...FOLEY 910 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR GREATER POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: MIXED PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING SLEET ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066>070-074>077-091015- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0008.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT 910 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY EVENING AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR GREATER... MAINLY BETWEEN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MID DAY THURSDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: SMALL ICE ACCUMULATIONS DUE TO SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ON TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$
10 follow-up statements
903 WWUS43 KMPX 090952 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 452 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A SINGLE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY. SLEET OR RAIN WILL ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FARTHER EAST INTO THE TWIN CITIES AND WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY A WINTRY MIX CAN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY SPREAD INTO MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. SUB FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALLOW FOR A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX THIS MORNING...THAT WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. THE SLEET AND RAIN MIX WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES METRO THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE QUICKLY SPREADING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD EAST ON WEDNESDAY...WITH EASTERN MINNESOTA TRANSITIONING TO SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE A TRANSITION TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FINAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY THE TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURS. MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-091800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 452 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIX SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR GREATER... MAINLY BETWEEN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MID DAY THURSDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH DUE TO SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ047>049-054>058-064-065-073-091800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 452 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: TWO DAY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: MIXED PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING SLEET TODAY INTO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ041>045-050-074>077-091800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0008.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT 452 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: MIXED PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING SLEET IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ082>085-091800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA 452 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY THE WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH IN FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-091800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.130410T0600Z-130412T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 452 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX TONIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITION TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
014 WWUS43 KMPX 091702 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1202 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...LONG DURATION WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS THURSDAY. FARTHER EAST EXPECT SLEET...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN TO ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED AFTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HERE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH WITH LITTLE ICE OR SLEET ACCUMULATION. FARTHER SOUTH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL ONLY BE 3 TO 7 INCHES...BUT EXPECT A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCHES OF ICE...SLEET ACCUMULATION. IN SUMMATION...ALL SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE WEST...WITH A WINTRY MIX ELSEWHERE TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW EVERYWHERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MNZ047>049-054>058-064-065-073-100115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1202 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 7 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * MAIN IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-100115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 1202 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * SLEET/ICE TOTALS: A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ041>045-050-074>077-082>085-100115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA 1202 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 3 TO 5 INCHES. * SLEET/ICE TOTALS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-100115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.130410T0600Z-130412T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1202 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX TONIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITION TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * SLEET/ICE TOTALS: A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JRB
515 WWUS43 KMPX 092154 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 454 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...LONG DURATION WINTER STORM WITH TWO ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A COUPLE ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MORE SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...HOWEVER...SNOW TOTALS WILL BE LIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY. THE WINTRY MIX COULD CREATE SOME SLICK SPOTS FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. A SECOND MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THERE STILL COULD BE A MIX OF SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY...MANY LOCATIONS WILL MAKE THE CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE OR HEAVY SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 14 OR 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN A BAND CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO LADYSMITH IN WISCONSIN. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS HEAVY BAND TO JUST 4 TO 6 INCHES BY THE TIME YOU GET TO ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AND PERHAPS AS LITTLE AS 3 TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER. LOCATIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD END UP WITH MORE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. MNZ041>045-050-100600- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0009.130410T2100Z-130412T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 454 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER WELL INTO THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ MNZ074>077-082>085-100600- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.130410T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130410T0600Z-130412T0000Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA 454 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED...WITH THE FIRST ARRIVING TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AND LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN ANOTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * ICE TOTALS: AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-100600- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.130410T0600Z-130412T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130410T0600Z-130412T0000Z/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 454 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION FOLLOWED BY HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TWO ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED...WITH THE FIRST ARRIVING TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AND LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN ANOTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 6 TO 12 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * ICE TOTALS: AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ091>093-100600- /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130410T0600Z-130412T0000Z/ MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 454 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: TWO ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED...WITH THE FIRST ARRIVING TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AND LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN ANOTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW OR ICING MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ047>049-054>058-064-065-073-100600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 454 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * MAIN IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-100600- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130410T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 454 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * ICE TOTALS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF INCH. * MAIN IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ CLF/BORGHOFF/JRB
468 WWUS43 KMPX 100257 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 957 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...LONG DURATION WINTER STORM WITH TWO ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A COUPLE ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MORE SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOWEVER...SNOW TOTALS WILL BE LIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY. THE WINTRY MIX COULD CREATE SOME SLICK SPOTS FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. A SECOND MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THERE STILL COULD BE A MIX OF SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY...MANY LOCATIONS WILL MAKE THE CHANGE OVER TO MODERATE OR HEAVY SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 14 OR 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN A BAND CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO LADYSMITH IN WISCONSIN. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS HEAVY BAND TO JUST 4 TO 6 INCHES NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AND PERHAPS AS LITTLE AS 3 TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER. LOCATIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD END UP WITH MORE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. MNZ047>049-051>070-073-101100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... 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 957 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * ICE TOTALS: LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-101100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130410T0600Z-130412T0000Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 957 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: TWO ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED...WITH THE FIRST ARRIVING TONIGHT IN THE FORM OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AND LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN ANOTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 5 TO 10 INCHES. * ICE TOTALS: AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. * OTHER IMPACTS: HEAVY WET SNOW OR ICING MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ041>045-050-101100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.130410T2100Z-130412T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 957 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER WELL INTO THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 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. && $$
529 WWUS43 KMPX 100934 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 434 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...LONG DURATION WINTER STORM TO BRING MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS STORM IS EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING....WHEN SNOWFALL RATES AT TIMES COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES PER HOUR. BY TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW NORTHWEST OF A FAIRMONT...TO RED WING...TO CHIPPEWA FALLS LINE. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE. THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE COMMUTE THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 14 OR 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN A BAND CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO LADYSMITH IN WISCONSIN. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS HEAVY BAND TO JUST 4 TO 6 INCHES NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS AND PERHAPS AS LITTLE AS 3 TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER. LOCATIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD END UP WITH MORE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR. MNZ044-045-050-101745- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.130410T2100Z-130412T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 434 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER WELL INTO THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 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>049-051>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 101745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-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-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... 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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 434 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: A WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * ICE TOTALS: GREATER THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * MAIN IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ041>043-101745- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.130410T2100Z-130412T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 434 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LINGER WELL INTO THURSDAY. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
415 WWUS43 KMPX 101742 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1242 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...LONG DURATION SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO BRING MORE HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING IN THE MAIN ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL LAST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS STORM IS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO EVEN GREATER SNOW RATES OF 2 INCHES OR MORE PER HOUR. A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND SPREAD NORTH GRADUALLY THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW NORTHWEST OF A FAIRMONT...TO THE SOUTHEASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RICE LAKE LINE EARLY THIS EVENING. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...GRADUALLY TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN A BAND CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. SOME LOCATIONS... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT RECEIVE THUNDERSNOW...COULD SEE HIGHER TOTALS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS HEAVY BAND TO 6 TO 8 INCHES NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS...AND PERHAPS AS LITTLE AS 2 TO 5 INCHES NEAR ALBERT LEA AND EAU CLAIRE WHERE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THE LONGEST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THERE MAY ALSO REACH BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MNZ041>043-110145- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.130410T2100Z-130412T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130411T0600Z-130412T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 1242 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 110145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ 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-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1242 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND SPREAD NORTH GRADUALLY THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW NORTHWEST OF A FAIRMONT...TO THE SOUTHEASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RICE LAKE LINE BY MID EVENING. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...GRADUALLY TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 7 TO 12 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO LADYSMITH. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO FALL FROM AROUND REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES. LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THAT AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF TO THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE TO THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. * ICE TOTALS: BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO LADYSMITH. LITTLE OR NO ICE IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ BORGHOFF
233 WWUS43 KMPX 110217 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 917 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...LONG DURATION SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO BRING MORE HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS STORM IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR AT TIMES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO EVEN GREATER SNOW RATES OF 2 INCHES OR MORE PER HOUR. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SNOW NORTHWEST OF A FAIRMONT...TO THE SOUTHEASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RICE LAKE LINE. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE...GRADUALLY TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN A BAND CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. SOME LOCATIONS... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT RECEIVE THUNDERSNOW...COULD SEE HIGHER TOTALS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS HEAVY BAND TO 6 TO 8 INCHES NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS...AND PERHAPS AS LITTLE AS 2 TO 5 INCHES NEAR ALBERT LEA AND EAU CLAIRE WHERE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THE LONGEST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THERE MAY ALSO REACH BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MNZ044-045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ 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-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 917 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW NORTHWEST OF A FAIRMONT...TO THE SOUTHEASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...TO RICE LAKE LINE BY MID EVENING. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE... GRADUALLY TURNING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 7 TO 12 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO LADYSMITH. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO FALL FROM AROUND REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES. LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THAT AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF TO THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE TO THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. * ICE TOTALS: BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO LADYSMITH. LITTLE OR NO ICE IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ MNZ041>043-111200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.130411T0600Z-130412T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS 917 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
524 WWUS43 KMPX 110955 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 455 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE IMPACTING AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A BAND OF HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS BEGUN TO OVERSPREAD AREAS SOUTH OF I-94 THIS MORNING AND WILL QUICKLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA BY 9 AM. AT 430 AM...THE SNOW LINE WAS LOCATED NEAR A NEW ULM...TO WATERTOWN...TO CAMBRIDGE LINE AND IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT EAST THIS MORNING TO NEAR A MANKATO...TO HASTINGS...TO RICE LAKE LINE. EAST OF THE SNOW LINE...A MIX OF MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WITH THIS PROLONGED WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN A BAND CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO ST CLOUD AND THE NORTHWEST TWIN CITIES METRO...TO OSCEOLA WISCONSIN. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS HEAVY BAND...WHERE A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE SNOW TOTAL TO AS LITTLE AS 2 TO 5 INCHES NEAR ALBERT LEA AND EAU CLAIRE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THERE MAY ALSO REACH BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 111800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ 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-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 455 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 6 TO 10 INCHES WEST OF A MANKATO...TO HASTINGS...TO RICE LAKE LINE. 2 TO 5 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * ICE TOTALS: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY EAST OF A MANKATO...TO HASTINGS...TO RICE LAKE LINE WHERE ICE ACCUMULATION TO BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. 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. && $$
713 WWUS43 KMPX 111345 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 845 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW COVERS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...AS WELL AS ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG WITH SOME LIGHTNING AND THUNDER. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE POOR ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW COVERS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN FROM EAU CLAIRE TO LADYSMITH. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WITH THIS WINTER STORM WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LIFT INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHILE A WINTRY MIX TRANSITIONS TO SNOW IN THE EAU CLAIRE TO LADYSMITH AREAS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED IN A BAND CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO ST CLOUD AND THE NORTHWEST TWIN CITIES METRO... TO OSCEOLA WISCONSIN. SNOW TOTALS WILL DROP OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS HEAVY BAND...WHERE A WINTRY MIX WILL REDUCE SNOW TOTALS TO AS LITTLE AS 2 TO 5 INCHES NEAR ALBERT LEA AND EAU CLAIRE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS THERE MAY ALSO REACH BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 112145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ 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-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 845 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SNOW INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: 6 TO 10 INCHES WEST OF A MANKATO...TO HASTINGS...TO RICE LAKE LINE. 2 TO 5 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * ICE TOTALS: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY EAST OF A MANKATO...TO HASTINGS...TO RICE LAKE LINE WHERE ICE ACCUMULATION TO BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACTS: HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. 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. && $$ RAH
798 WWUS43 KMPX 111830 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 130 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...MORE SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT BUT NOT AS HEAVY... .A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAS ENDED...A BAND OF SNOW WILL REDEVELOP TONIGHT AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA AND INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS OF RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. FURTHER TO THE WEST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL HAMPER ROADS. THEREFORE...THE WARNING STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED BUT THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH NOON FRIDAY AS THE SNOWFALL WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-120230- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0020.130411T1830Z-130412T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 130 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 PM. * ICE TOTALS: ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. * MAIN IMPACTS: WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093- WIZ014>016-023>028-120230- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130412T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0020.130411T1830Z-130412T1700Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 130 PM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW REDEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * SNOWFALL TOTALS: AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES. * ICE TOTALS: ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. * MAIN IMPACTS: WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT...THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT/RAH
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Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:52 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Douglas, Goodhue, Kanabec and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:54 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd | 20 hr |
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