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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 3, 2013, 2:54 PM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 3, 2013, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2013, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 42 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
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
254 WWUS43 KMPX 032054 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SNOW SPREADING IN TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY... .SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BETWEEN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AS A WINTER STORM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES DEPENDING ON WHERE PRIMARY SNOW BANDS SET UP. THIS SNOWFALL LOOKS TO BE SPLIT UP INTO TWO WAVES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. THE FIRST WILL COME TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... WITH A SECOND ROUND EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FOR A PERIOD MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN THESE TWO WAVES. MNZ074-082-091-040500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0300Z-130305T1800Z/ BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DIMINISHING ON TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ045-053-WIZ014-025-040500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0600Z-130306T0000Z/ KANABEC-CHISAGO-POLK-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065>067-075-083-092-040500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0300Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...ST. PETER... MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043-044-050>052-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023-024- 026-040500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0600Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-040500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.130304T0300Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: A BRIEF MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING BEFORE THE MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-040500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 254 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
11 follow-up statements
346 WWUS43 KMPX 040313 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...SNOW SPREADING IN TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY... .SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A WINTER STORM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES DEPENDING ON WHERE PRIMARY SNOW BANDS SET UP. THIS SNOWFALL LOOKS TO BE SPLIT UP INTO TWO WAVES OF SNOW. THE FIRST WILL COME TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH A SECOND ROUND EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE FOR A PERIOD MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN THESE TWO WAVES. MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130304T0600Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH MONDAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAY OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT BEFORE THE MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-041115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 913 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING MONDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
708 WWUS43 KMPX 040900 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .SNOW WAS FALLING EARLY THIS MORNING FROM WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. IN ADDITION...BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WERE CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING WITH A DIMINISHING TREND IN THE SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY BEFORE COMING TO AN END TUESDAY NIGHT. BY LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER AREA. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES. WIZ015-016-027-028-041700- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T1200Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW DEVELOPING TODAY...THEN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-041700- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-041700- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED. THE FIRST THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SECOND TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-041700- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 300 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
236 WWUS43 KMPX 041216 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .SNOW WAS FALLING EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WERE COMMON OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WITH TRACE TO ONE INCH AMOUNTS FARTHER EAST. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WAS BEING REPORTED DUE TO BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING WHILE CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA. A DIMINISHING TREND IN THE SNOW IS FORECAST FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER AREA. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES. MNZ041-042-047>049-055>058-065>067-074-075-082-083-091-092-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED. THE FIRST THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SECOND TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES...LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DEVELOPING TODAY...THEN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-042030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 616 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW DIMINISHING THIS MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
535 WWUS43 KMPX 041819 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...HEAVY SNOW RETURNS TONIGHT... .AT NOON LIGHT SNOW WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS IT DIMINISHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WERE COMMON THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WAS BEING REPORTED DUE TO BRISK SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER AREA. SOME STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12 INCHES. MNZ047-055-056-065-074-082-091-050230- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-RENVILLE-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...OLIVIA... NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HEAVIER SNOW RETURNING TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SIMILAR WIND SPEEDS...BUT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BRING A RETURN TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-050230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-050230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: TWO PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED. THE FIRST THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SECOND TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 12 INCHES...LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. SIMILAR WIND SPEEDS...BUT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BRING A RETURN TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-050230- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ054-064-073-050230- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS 1219 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW RETURNING TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: EASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIMILAR WIND SPEEDS...BUT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BRING A RETURN TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
566 WWUS43 KMPX 042200 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...HEAVY SNOW RETURNS TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING LIGHT SNOW OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE SECOND...MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE FIRST BAND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH IT. BAND TWO WILL CONTINUE WORKING EAST THIS EVENING...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AS IT REACHES THE ST. CLOUD AND MANKATO AREAS. THIS HEAVY BAND OF SNOW WILL THEN SLOWLY WORK EAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE EAU CLAIRE AREA AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS BAND WILL RANGE FROM 5-7 INCHES FROM MANKATO THROUGH ST. CLOUD...7 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER...WHICH INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED FROM EAU CLAIRE TO RICE LAKE. WEST OF ST. CLOUD AND MANKATO...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THIS FRESH SNOWFALL IN OPEN AREAS. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014- 023>026-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES...LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS START GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ015-016-027-028-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.130305T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-050600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 400 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH IS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OF AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
219 WWUS43 KMPX 050343 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 943 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES... .WIDESPREAD SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW LINGERING INTO THE MORNING HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS BAND WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES FROM MANKATO THROUGH ST. CLOUD...7 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER...WHICH INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...WITH 5 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED FROM EAU CLAIRE TO RICE LAKE. WEST OF ST. CLOUD AND MANKATO...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH TUESDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL LEAD TO PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-051200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 943 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT WITH A DIMINISHING TREND TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED THE FARTHER WEST YOU GO IN MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-051200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 943 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 9 INCHES... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS START GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-051200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 943 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED THE FARTHER WEST YOU GO IN MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OCCURRING TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
873 WWUS43 KMPX 050918 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 318 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...SNOW CONTINUING TODAY WITH HEAVY SNOW THIS MORNING... .WIDESPREAD SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MORNING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE IN THE DAY. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FROM ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS ON SOUTHEAST TO MANKATO...ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA AS WELL AS IN THE RICE LAKE TO EAU CLAIRE AREAS. SNOW AMOUNTS FROM MORRIS THROUGH REDWOOD FALL TO FAIRMONT WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 AND 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-051730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 318 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING: SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-051730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 318 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-051730- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 318 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING: SNOW THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING OR ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW 2 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
757 WWUS43 KMPX 051220 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 620 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...SNOW THIS MORNING WITH A DIMINISHING TREND THIS AFTERNOON... .WIDESPREAD SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WAS HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ENDING IN EASTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE IN THE DAY. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FROM ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS ON SOUTHEAST TO MANKATO...ALBERT LEA AND OWATONNA AS WELL AS IN THE RICE LAKE TO EAU CLAIRE AREAS. SNOW AMOUNTS FROM MORRIS THROUGH REDWOOD FALLS TO FAIRMONT WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-051800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 620 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING: SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-052030- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 620 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING... THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO LOCALLY 12 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-051800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 620 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING: SNOW THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING OR ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RAH
032 WWUS43 KMPX 051751 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...OVERALL SNOWFALL DIMINISHING BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BECOMING A CONCERN IN MINNESOTA... .SNOWFALL IS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE ACROSS ALL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WHILE THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL HAS SHIFTED INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE...STARTING IN WESTERN MINNESOTA THEN SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WHICH WILL CREATE A BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAZARD...ESPECIALLY OVER MUCH OF WESTERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH HEAVIER SNOW AND WINDS UP TO AROUND 15 MPH. THE OVERALL IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LESSEN BY SUNSET. MNZ041-042-048-049-057-058-066-067-075-083-092-060000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-POPE-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET- BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: SNOWFALL GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-060000- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: SNOWFALL GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 2 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-060000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON... THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073-074-082-091-060000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1151 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOWFALL GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 1 INCH EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
938 WWUS43 KMPX 052037 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 237 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...OVERALL SNOWFALL DIMINISHING BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REMAINS A CONCERN... .SNOWFALL IS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WHILE LIGHT SNOW...WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE SNOW...CONTINUES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WHICH WILL CREATE A BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW HAZARD...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION AND WINDS UP TO AROUND 15 MPH. THE OVERALL IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LESSEN THIS EVENING. WIZ014>016-023>028-060000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 237 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACTS: ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-060000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 237 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOWFALL SLOWLY ENDING...TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET THEN STEADILY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACTS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
234 WWUS43 KMPX 060002 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 602 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN... .OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST. WIZ014>016-023>028-060115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 602 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST. $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-060115- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130306T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 602 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST. WIND IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ BORGHOFF
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Mar 3, 11:58 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 11:58 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1158 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013
.UPDATE...FOR WINTER STORM HEADLINE CHANGES AND 18Z TAF DISCUSSION
AS MENTIONED WITH PREVIOUS AFD...EXPECTING TWO ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW WITH THIS STORM. THE FIRST IS WITH A WARM ADVECTIVE BAND
THAT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE
SECOND BAND IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN UPPER LOW AND IT WILL IMPACT
PARTS OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
THE FIRST WAVE IS HANDLED WELL BETWEEN THE MODELS. THIS BAND
SHOULD GENERALLY BRING A GOOD 3-6 INCHES OF SNOW AS IT MOVES
THROUGH. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MN...WHERE THIS WARM ADVECTIVE BAND LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR 6 TO 8 INCHES. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE
NAM/GFS...WHICH SHOW A DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE ADVECTION MAXIMUM
WORKING ACROSS NRN IA THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ENHANCED ADIABATIC
OMEGA AND LIFT ON THE 295K SURFACE. THIS BAND WILL BE IMPACTING THE
WRN HALF OF MN MAINLY TONIGHT...THE ERN HALF OF MN TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING...AND WRN WI MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY BEHIND THIS BAND MONDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING BEFORE THE H7 LOW SWINGS THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THIS LOOKS TO GENERATE
A SECOND BAND OF SOLID 3 TO 6 INCH SNOW TOTALS...BUT THIS IS THE
FEATURE THAT IS CURRENTLY GENERATING MODEL DISCREPANCIES WITH THIS
SNOWSTORM. THE 03.12 NAM AND 03.09 SREF TAKE THE H7 LOW FROM GRAND
FORKS OVER THE TWIN CITIES AND EVENTUALLY OVER LA CROSSE. THE 03.12
GFS/GEM ALONG WITH THE 03.00 ECMWF TAKE THE H7 LOW MORE FROM THE
MN/SD/ND BORDER DOWN TOWARD THE QUAD CITIES. AS A RESULT...THE
NAM/SREF HAVE THE SECOND BAND OF HEAVY SNOW FROM MADISON UP THROUGH
EAU CLAIRE AND DULUTH...WHILE THE WRN CLUSTER HAS THE SECOND ROUND
MORE FROM ROCHESTER UP THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TOWARD BEMIDJI.
GIVEN THESE TRENDS UPGRADED WATCH TO WARNING WHERE MODELS HAVE BEEN
MOST PERSISTENT WITH CREATING 6-10 INCH TOTALS FROM WEST CENTRAL MN
DOWN THROUGH SE MN AND FAR WRN WI. WITH THE EASTERN SHIFT ALSO ADDED
THE REST OF THE WI COUNTIES TO THE WATCH. LEFT THE FAR SW CWA IN THE
WATCH AS THERE MAY BE P-TYPE ISSUES WITH THE FIRST BAND...AND THE
SECOND BAND LOOKS TO GO LARGELY NE OF THOSE COUNTIES. FOR WRN WI
COUNTIES IN WATCH...DEPENDING ON WHERE BAND TWO SETS UP...THEY LOOK
TO EITHER SEE 3-6 INCH TOTAL SNOWS IF THE BAND STAYS WEST...OR COULD
EASILY END UP IN THE 8-10 INCH RANGE IF THE NAM/SREF SOLUTION IS
RIGHT. AT THE VERY LEAST...PROBABILITY FOR SEEING 10 OR MORE INCHES
OF SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM LOOKS BEST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SE MN
INTO ADJOINING PORTIONS OF WI.
&&
.DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 426 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013/
OVERVIEW...LONG DURATION WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK TO IMPACT THE
FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SHIFTED THE HEAVIEST
SNOW EASTWARD TO INCLUDE MOST OF EASTERN MN...INCLUDING THE TWIN
CITIES METRO...AND MORE OF WESTERN WI. CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH
THAT WE WILL NEED A WINTER STORM WARNING IN OUR FORECAST AREA.
HOWEVER...GIVEN THE RECENT SHIFT...WE FELT IT WAS BEST TO HOLD OFF
AND GIVE THE DAY SHIFT A CHANCE TO PURSUE THE 03.12Z DATA BEFORE
UPGRADING TO ADVISORY/WARNING. IT IS MORE OF A LOCATION
UNCERTAINTY AT THIS POINT. WE'RE CONFIDENT IN 8-10" IN A COUPLE
ROWS OF COUNTIES...BUT THE EXACT LOCATION HAS SHIFTED BASED ON THE
LATEST DATA.
MSLP PRESSURE FALLS IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND DAKOTAS BEING
OBSERVED THIS MORNING WITH POTENT SHORTWAVE NOW IN WASHINGTON AND
BRITISH COLUMBIA. IN GENERAL...THE MODEL-FORECASTED SNOW AMOUNTS
WITH THIS SYSTEM HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH WITH TIME. THE LOCATION OF
WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL HAS CHANGED. THE AVAILABLE RUNS
HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND TRENDED THE SYSTEM WEST...BUT NOW WE'RE
SEEING A NOTABLE TREND BACK TO THE EAST OVER THE LAST 2-3 RUNS. AS
MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND IN OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE
HPC...THE SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
LOW IN MANITOBA ARE LIKELY BOTH HAVING AN INFLUENCE ON THE SPECIFIC
TRACK OF OUR DISTURBANCE. THE AMOUNT OF INTERACTION/INFLUENCE IS
ALWAYS TOUGH TO GAGE AND IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THIS IS THE REASON FOR
THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK AT THIS POINT.
THE SYSTEM REALLY CAN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO A COUPLE COMPONENTS: THERE
IS THE WARM AIR ADVECTION COMPONENT WHICH SHOULD BEGIN AFFECTING AT
LEAST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING
/PERHAPS EVEN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON/...AND THEN THERE IS THE ACTUAL
UPPER LOW AND INVERTED TROUGH COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM. THUS...WE END
UP WITH WHAT COULD AMOUNT TO 36-48 HOURS OF SNOW IN MN/WI. THE WARM
ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC COMPONENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS FORMIDABLE AND
SHOULD PROVIDE THE BULK OF THE SNOW TO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA. WE'RE NOW CLOSE ENOUGH TO VIEW SOME OF THE SHORT
RANGE MESO MODEL GUIDANCE...AND WE ARE ALSO GETTING INTO THE WINDOW
WHERE THE NAM12 AND GEMREG CAN REALLY START TO HONE ON MESOSCALE
PROCESSES WITH SOME LEVEL OF ACCURACY. NAM12/HIRES NMM/ARW AND THE
GEMREG SUGGEST 0.25-0.40" LIQUID IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME BANDED SNOW
TONIGHT /06-18Z MONDAY/. THAT WOULD GET US CLOSE TO WARNING TOTALS
BY ITSELF. THIS WOULD BE MORE OF A PROBLEM FOR THE DAKOTAS AND
MINNESOTA...AS DRIER EASTERLY FLOW SHOULD KEEP OUR WISCONSIN
COUNTIES SNOW FREE FOR QUITE SOME TIME MONDAY. THE 03.00Z
NAM/GFS/ECMWF ...ALL HAD REALLY NICE POSITIONING AND TRACK OF THE
600-700 MB LOW FOR A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
ACROSS...CENTRAL/EASTERN MN AND WESTERN WI...BUT NOT UNTIL MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY /NAM IS THE FASTEST AND MOST EASTERLY AT THIS
POINT/. FOLLOW THE EAST SIDE OF THE 600-700 MB LOW...THROW ON THE
FGEN/OMEGA... AND OVERLAY THE DEPTH OF THE -12 TO -18 C LAYER...AND
LIKE A VEN DIAGRAM YOU CAN SEE WHY THE 00Z GUIDANCE FROM THE
NAM/GFS/ECMWF ALL SPIT OUT 9-11" FOR KMSP. WE SHOULD NOTE THAT...THE
03.06Z NAM IS EVEN FARTHER EAST WITH THE TRACK. THUS...AIDING OUR
DECISION TO HOLD ON TO THE WATCH RATHER THAN UPGRADING TO A WARNING
AT THIS POINT. WHO KNOWS...THE NAM HAS BEEN THE TREND SETTER SO
FAR...SO PERHAPS THE OTHER SOLUTIONS WILL ALSO TREND EVEN FARTHER
EAST AND WE NEED HEADLINES THAT COVER ALL OF OUR WISCONSIN COUNTIES.
FINALLY...ALTHOUGH THIS IS A LONG DURATION EVENT...THERE MAYBE BE A
VERY NOTABLE BREAK BETWEEN THE ISENTROPIC SNOW MONDAY MORNING AND
THE MORE DYNAMICALLY DRIVEN SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. TRIED TO
REFLECT THIS IN THE FORECAST WITH TIMING OF SNOW AMOUNTS...BUT THIS
WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.
WE'VE ADJUSTED THE SNOW TOTALS BY SHIFTING THE HEAVIEST SNOW
EAST...SO NOW THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE IN SOUTH CENTRAL TO SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA. IF YOU CONNECT THE DOTS FROM ST. CLOUD...TO
MANKATO...TO ROCHESTER...TO RED WIND...TO THE TWIN CITIES...THEN
BACK TO ST. CLOUD...YOU GET A SHAPE THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS WHERE
MODEL CONSENSUS HAS THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA.
THE ABERDEEN NWS OFFICE HAS ALREADY SET THE STAGE ALONG OUR
WESTERN CWA BORDER WITH AN ADVISORY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EASTERN
SHIFT AND LOWER SNOW TOTALS THE FARTHER WEST YOU GO.
IN THE EXTENDED...WE CAN EXPECT A LARGELY QUIET PATTERN. LONG WAVE
RIDGING OVER THE WESTERN CONUS SHOULD ALLOW FOR BUILDING HEIGHTS
AND LARGE SCALE SINKING. 925-850MB TEMPS AND EVEN 2M TEMPS SHOW
IMPROVEMENT BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...HARD TO GET TOO
CARRIED AWAY WITH TEMPS AT THIS POINT WITH ALL THE FRESH SNOW
COVER. WE COULD SEE NICE TEMP RECOVERY DURING THE DAY THURSDAY-
WEEKEND...BUT MAINLY CLEAR SKIES MIGHT ALSO PRODUCE SOME COLD
MORNINGS. WILL LET SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS ADDRESS THE EASTWARD
MOVEMENT OF THE WEST COAST TROUGH IN THE EXTENDED.
&&
.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
TAF SITES STILL ON TRACK TO ENDURE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW AND
MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AS A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS ACROSS THE REGION. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
ENSUE ACROSS WEST/SOUTH CENTRAL MN SUNDAY EVENING...AND SPREAD
EASTWARD TO REACH EAST CENTRAL MN /KMSP/ AND WEST CENTRAL WI
BETWEEN 09Z AND 12Z MONDAY. THIS INITIAL BAND OF SNOW WILL LIKELY
YIELD A 6-9 HOUR PERIOD OF VSBY REDUCTIONS BETWEEN 3/4SM AND 1
1/2SM...WITH ATTENDANT CIGS OF 600-1200 FT. AFTER THE FIRST SURGE
OF SNOW...MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY SEE LIGHT SNOW WITH LOW-END MVFR
CONDITIONS MORE COMMON. THE NEXT BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL IS THEN EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING. WINDS BETWEEN 110 AND 130 DEGREES WITH SPEEDS OF 14 TO
16KTS WITH GUSTS TO 24 KTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND
PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY.
KMSP...
MAIN CHANGE WAS TO DELAY THE ONSET OF SNOWFALL A TAD TO 09Z.
MODERATE SNOW WILL THEN BE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE
LOWEST VSBYS OF 3/4SM AND CIGS OF 700 FT EXPECTED BETWEEN 13Z AND
17Z. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LIGHTEN UP BUT CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...WHEN VSBYS WILL IMPROVE TO AROUND 3SM WITH CIGS AROUND
1500 FT. WINDS AROUND 110-120 DEGREES WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 12 AND
14 KTS THIS EVENING...AND GUST TO BETWEEN 20 AND 24 KTS TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
MON NGT/TUE...IFR/LIFR WITH SN. AWW CRITERIA SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE.
WIND E 10 KTS BECOMING N ON TUE.
WED...VFR. WIND LGT AND VRB.
THU...VFR. WIND SE 10-15 KTS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY
FOR ANOKA-BENTON-CARVER-DAKOTA-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-
ISANTI-LE SUEUR-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-
SHERBURNE-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WRIGHT.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY
FOR BLUE EARTH-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-FARIBAULT-KANDIYOHI-MCLEOD-
MEEKER-NICOLLET-POPE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-
TODD.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CHISAGO-KANABEC.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT FOR BROWN-LAC QUI PARLE-MARTIN-REDWOOD-
WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE.
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY
FOR PEPIN-PIERCE-ST. CROIX.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-POLK-RUSK.
&&
CLF/MPG/LSHazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 12:12 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1212 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 041815- 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- 1212 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN IN WESTERN MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD EAST WITH TIME TONIGHT. ONLY MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. FARTHER TO THE EAST...LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BE APPROACHING THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN BORDER NEAR SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRETCHES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS TIME FRAME. A SWATH OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE SNOW COMES TO AN END ON TUESDAY. THIS IS A LONG DURATION SNOW EVENT WITH TWO DISTINCT PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. THE FIRST IS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AND THE SECOND IS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME VERY LIGHT...OR CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT DRIZZLE...OR END COMPLETELY FOR A TIME ON MONDAY BEFORE INCREASING IN INTENSITY ONCE AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. PLEASE CONSULT THE WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 11:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 55 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.