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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

February 16, 201413 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2014, 3:53 AM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 17, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 46 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2014, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 17, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 22 counties

Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 17, 4:58 AM CSTSNOW 2Independence, MN
Feb 17, 5:00 AM CSTSNOW 1Chaska, MN
Feb 17, 5:30 AM CSTSNOW 3.1Jordan, MN
Feb 17, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 0.4Msp Intl Airport, MN
Feb 17, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Chanhassen, MNMEASURED AT THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE.
Feb 17, 6:30 AM CSTSNOW 0.6Edina, MNREPORTED VIA TWITTER.
Feb 17, 6:30 AM CSTSNOW 1.51 W Carver, MN
Feb 17, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 16 Nne Big Lake, MN
Feb 17, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 1Zumbrota, MN
Feb 17, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.74 Ssw Downtown Minneapo, MN
Feb 17, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 2.22 Ene Plymouth, MN
Feb 17, 7:40 AM CSTSNOW 1.2Inver Grove Heights, MN
Feb 17, 7:40 AM CSTSNOW 3.8Deephaven, MN
Feb 17, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 1Augusta, WI
Feb 17, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.14 E Nerstrand, MN
Feb 17, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.81 Ene St Michael, MN
Feb 17, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 4.7Waconia, MN
Feb 17, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 5.2Maple Grove, MN
Feb 17, 8:14 AM CSTSNOW 2Lakeville, MN
Feb 17, 8:30 AM CSTSNOW 1White Bear Lake, MNREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK.
Feb 17, 8:30 AM CSTSNOW 2.3Edina, MNUPDATED REPORT VIA TWITTER.
Feb 17, 8:30 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Blaine, MN
Feb 17, 9:50 AM CSTSNOW 5.51 W Waconia, MN
Feb 17, 9:56 AM CSTSNOW 6.12 W Chanhassen, MN
Feb 17, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Woodbury, MNREPORTED VIA FACEBOOK.
Feb 17, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 4Farmington, MNSTILL SNOWING AT CWSU.
Feb 17, 10:22 AM CSTSNOW 5.31 Ese Chaska, MN
Feb 17, 10:56 AM CSTSNOW 4.5Watertown, MNMEASURED IN SE PORTION OF CITY.
Feb 17, 10:56 AM CSTSNOW 4.5Watertown, MN
Feb 17, 10:59 AM CSTSNOW 4.54 Sse Lake Maria State, MN
Feb 17, 10:59 AM CSTSNOW 51 S Shakopee, MN
Feb 17, 11:05 AM CSTSNOW 4.5Eden Prairie, MN
Feb 17, 11:25 AM CSTSNOW 5.9Waconia, MN
Feb 17, 11:55 AM CSTSNOW 4.3Lakeville, MNUPDATED SNOWFALL TOTAL.
Feb 17, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 1.7Eau Claire, WI
Feb 17, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 4St Cloud Airport, MN
Feb 17, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 4.6Msp Intl Airport, MN
Feb 17, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 6.3Chanhassen, MNMEASURED AT THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE.
Feb 17, 12:05 PM CSTSNOW 6.31 Wsw Victoria, MN
Feb 17, 1:10 PM CSTSNOW 2.6Richfield, MN
Feb 17, 1:13 PM CSTSNOW 3Hastings, MN
Feb 17, 1:47 PM CSTSNOW 3North St Paul, MN
Feb 17, 2:15 PM CSTSNOW 3Oakdale, MN
Feb 17, 2:58 PM CSTSNOW 4.8North Minneapolis, MN
Feb 17, 2:58 PM CSTSNOW 5.71 Ese Chaska, MN
Feb 17, 3:00 PM CSTSNOW 48 W Msp Intl Airport, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

041 
WWUS43 KMPX 160953
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
353 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...HEAVY SNOW TO BRING SEVERE IMPACTS TO THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED EAST OF A LINE FROM CLEARWATER
TO WACONIA...TO FARIBAULT MINNESOTA...AND INCLUDES THE TWIN
CITIES METRO AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST
THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM
MID MORNING MONDAY OVER MINNESOTA TO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER
WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE
LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN.

NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND
EXPECTED IMPACTS TO THE MORNING COMMUTE ARE EXPECTED TO BE
SLIGHTLY LESSER...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE
ADVISORY AREA EXTENDS EAST FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LAKE MILLE LACS
AND MORA...AND SOUTH TO ST CLOUD...GLENCOE...WASECA...AND ALBERT
LEA...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. 

WIZ016-025>028-161800-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.140217T0800Z-140217T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T2100Z/
RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
353 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3
AM TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...LIKELY 
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* IMPACTS...MAJOR TRAVEL DELAYS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ARE 
  EXPECTED DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS STORM WILL BE 
  SIMILAR TO THE JANUARY 30TH STORM. 


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.

&&

$$

WIZ014-015-023-024-161800-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.140217T0800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T2100Z/
POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT
353 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...LIKELY 
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* IMPACTS...MAJOR TRAVEL DELAYS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ARE
  EXPECTED DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS STORM WILL BE
  SIMILAR TO THE JANUARY 30TH STORM.


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.

&&

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-161800-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.140217T0800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
353 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...LIKELY 
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* IMPACTS...MAJOR TRAVEL DELAYS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ARE
  EXPECTED DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THIS STORM WILL BE
  SIMILAR TO THE JANUARY 30TH STORM.


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>045-050-161800-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.140217T0800Z-140217T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY
353 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...LIKELY 
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* MAIN IMPACT...MAJOR TRAVEL DELAYS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ARE
  EXPECTED DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 


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.

&&

$$

MNZ042-049-058-066-067-076-084-085-093-161800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
353 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...LIKELY 
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* MAIN IMPACT...MAJOR TRAVEL DELAYS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ARE
  EXPECTED DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. 


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.

&&

$$
10 follow-up statements
783 
WWUS43 KMPX 161732
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1132 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM SAINT CLOUD TO FARIBAULT... AND INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES
METRO AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MONDAY
MORNING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM MID MORNING MONDAY
OVER MINNESOTA TO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS OF AROUND 7 INCHES EAST OF US-53 IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA... WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS AND
IMPACTS ON TRAVEL WILL BE LESS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LONG
PRAIRIE TO ALBERT LEA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.

WIZ014>016-023>028-170145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T2100Z/
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
1132 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES... LOCALLY 7 EAST OF US-53.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... LIKELY PEAKING 
  IN INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING...
  WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-170145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
1132 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES... LOCALLY 6 EAST OF I-36.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY... LIKELY
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING...
  WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049-050-058-066-067-076-084-085-093-170145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
1132 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...LIKELY 
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY
  MORNING... PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

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.

&&

$$
674 
WWUS43 KMPX 161738
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1138 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM SAINT CLOUD TO FARIBAULT... AND INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES
METRO AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MONDAY
MORNING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM MID MORNING MONDAY
OVER MINNESOTA TO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS OF AROUND 7 INCHES EAST OF US-53 IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA... WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS AND
IMPACTS ON TRAVEL WILL BE LESS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LONG
PRAIRIE TO ALBERT LEA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.

WIZ014>016-023>028-170145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T2100Z/
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
1138 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES... LOCALLY 7 EAST OF US-53.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... LIKELY PEAKING 
  IN INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING...
   WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES EXPECTED. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-170145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
1138 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES... LOCALLY 6 EAST OF I-35.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY... LIKELY 
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING...
   WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES EXPECTED. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049-050-058-066-067-076-084-085-093-170145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
1138 AM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...LIKELY 
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY 
  MORNING... PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 

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.

&&

$$
515 
WWUS43 KMPX 162114
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
314 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT... GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM SAINT CLOUD TO FARIBAULT...AND INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES
METRO AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MONDAY
MORNING COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM MID MORNING MONDAY
OVER MINNESOTA TO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS OF AROUND 7 INCHES EAST OF US-53 IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA...WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS AND
IMPACTS ON TRAVEL WILL BE LESS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LONG
PRAIRIE TO MANKATO. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.

WIZ014>016-023>028-170515-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T2100Z/
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
314 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY 7 INCHES EAST OF
  US-53.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...PEAKING IN
  INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING...
  WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-170515-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
314 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY 6 EAST OF I-35.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...LIKELY
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING...
  WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ075-083-092-170515-
/O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH
314 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...LIKELY
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY JUST BEFORE AND DURING THE MORNING
  COMMUTE.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY
  MORNING...PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049-050-058-066-067-076-084-085-093-170515-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.140217T0600Z-140217T1800Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
314 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY...LIKELY
  PEAKING IN INTENSITY JUST BEFORE AND DURING THE MORNING
  COMMUTE.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY
  MORNING...PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

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.

&&

$$
807 
WWUS43 KMPX 170258
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
858 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE MONDAY
MORNING COMMUTE...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
SAINT CLOUD TO FARIBAULT...AND INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM LATE MORNING MONDAY OVER
MINNESOTA TO MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
OF AROUND 7 INCHES EAST OF US-53 IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA...WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS AND
IMPACTS ON TRAVEL WILL BE LESS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LONG
PRAIRIE TO MANKATO. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 3 OR 4 INCHES.

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-171100-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
858 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST
MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST
MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR 5 INCHES...LOCALLY 6 EAST OF I-35. 

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...LIKELY PEAKING IN
  INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE WHEN SNOWFALL RATES COULD
  EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT MONDAY
  MORNING...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES AND
  NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-171100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T2100Z/
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
858 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 OR 6 INCHES...LOCALLY 7 INCHES EAST OF
  US-53. 

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...PEAKING
  IN INTENSITY DURING AND JUST AFTER THE MORNING COMMUTE WHEN
  SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING...
  WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES AND NUMEROUS
  ACCIDENTS EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049-050-058-066-067-075-076-083>085-092-093-171100-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.140217T0900Z-140217T1800Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
858 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST
MONDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON
CST MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 OR 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING MONDAY...
  LIKELY PEAKING IN INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY 
  MORNING...PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 

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.

&&

$$

BORGHOFF
772 
WWUS43 KMPX 170828
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
228 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE COMMUTE
THIS MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM SAINT CLOUD TO FARIBAULT...AND INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES
METRO AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
SNOW WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM LATE MORNING OVER MINNESOTA TO THIS
AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 7 INCHES EAST
OF US-53 IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA...WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS AND
IMPACTS ON TRAVEL WILL BE LESS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LONG
PRAIRIE TO MANKATO. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 3 OR 4 INCHES.

WIZ014>016-023>028-171630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T2100Z/
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
228 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 OR 6 INCHES...LOCALLY 7 INCHES EAST OF 
  US-53. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...PEAKING IN
  INTENSITY DURING AND JUST AFTER THE MORNING COMMUTE WHEN
  SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING...
   WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES AND NUMEROUS 
  ACCIDENTS EXPECTED. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-171630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
228 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR 5 INCHES...LOCALLY 6 EAST OF I-35.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING...PEAKING IN INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING
  COMMUTE WHEN SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT MONDAY 
  MORNING...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES AND 
  NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS EXPECTED. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049-050-058-066-067-075-076-083>085-092-093-171630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.140217T0900Z-140217T1800Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
228 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

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

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 OR 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... LIKELY PEAKING IN
  INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY 
  MORNING...PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 

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.

&&

$$
730 
WWUS43 KMPX 170847
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
247 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACT THE COMMUTE THIS MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY EAST OF A
LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO FARIBAULT...AND INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES
METRO AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
SNOW WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM LATE MORNING OVER MINNESOTA TO THIS
AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 7 INCHES
EAST OF US-53 IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING AREA...WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS AND
IMPACTS ON TRAVEL WILL BE LESS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT. THE ADVISORY AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE
FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MANKATO. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ADVISORY
AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 OR 4 INCHES.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT SPEEDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES AS THE SNOW IS FALLING THIS MORNING.

WIZ014>016-023>028-171700-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T2100Z/
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
247 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 OR 6 INCHES...LOCALLY 7 INCHES EAST OF 
  US-53. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...PEAKING IN 
  INTENSITY DURING AND JUST AFTER THE MORNING COMMUTE WHEN 
  SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING...
  WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES AND NUMEROUS
  ACCIDENTS EXPECTED. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES DUE 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.

&&

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-171700-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.140217T0900Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
247 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR 5 INCHES...LOCALLY 6 EAST OF I-35.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING...PEAKING IN INTENSITY DURING THE 
  MORNING COMMUTE WHEN SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED AN INCH PER 
  HOUR. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT MONDAY
  MORNING...WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LENGTHENED COMMUTE TIMES AND
  NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS EXPECTED. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL RESULT
  IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE 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.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049-050-058-066-067-075-076-083>085-092-093-171700-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.140217T0900Z-140217T1800Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
247 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

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

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 OR 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING... LIKELY PEAKING IN 
  INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT MONDAY MORNING
  DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND 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.

&&

$$
885 
WWUS43 KMPX 171616
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1016 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...HEAVY SNOW SHIFTING INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY EAST OF A
LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO FARIBAULT...AND INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES
METRO AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
IS NOW TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...WITH
HEAVY SNOW MOSTLY DONE BY NOON FOR MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5
TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON THIS MORNING...WITH MUCH OF THAT
FALLING WITHIN A 4 TO 6 HOUR WINDOW.

WIZ014>016-023>028-172100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140217T2100Z/
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
1016 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 OR 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT
  THROUGH 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.

&&

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-171800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
1016 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL END BY NOON ACROSS MINNESOTA.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS DIFFICULT INTO 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.

&&

$$

MNZ042>045-049-050-058-066-067-075-076-083>085-092-093-171800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1016 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

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

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 OR 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. 

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS
  MORNING DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS.

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.

&&

$$
959 
WWUS43 KMPX 171647
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1047 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...HEAVY SNOW SHIFTING INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY EAST OF A
LINE FROM SAINT CLOUD TO FARIBAULT...AND INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES
METRO AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
IS NOW TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...WITH
HEAVY SNOW MOSTLY DONE BY NOON FOR MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
5 TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON THIS MORNING...WITH MUCH OF THAT
FALLING WITHIN A 4 TO 6 HOUR WINDOW.

MNZ042-049-058-066-067-075-076-083-084-092-171800-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA...
BLUE EARTH
1047 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS COME TO AN END...THOUGH TRAVEL CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OFF OF MAIN ROADS INTO THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE SNOW IS CLEARED FROM ROADS.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-172100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140217T2100Z/
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
1047 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 OR 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT 
  THROUGH 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.

&&

$$

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-171800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
1047 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES.

* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL END BY NOON ACROSS MINNESOTA.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS DIFFICULT INTO 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>045-050-085-093-171800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
1047 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

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

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

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 OR 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS 
  MORNING DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. 

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.

&&

$$
188 
WWUS43 KMPX 171819
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1219 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...HEAVY SNOW SHIFTING INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. MODERATE SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE
COMMON BY SUNSET TODAY.

MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-171930-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING
1219 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

HEAVY SNOW HAS COME TO AN END...WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
TODAY BEING A HALF INCH OR LESS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OFF OF MAIN ROADS MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON
AS THE SNOW IS CLEARED FROM ROADS.

$$

MNZ043>045-050-085-093-171930-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
FOLEY...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
1219 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

HEAVY SNOW HAS COME TO AN END...WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
TODAY BEING A HALF INCH OR LESS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OFF OF MAIN ROADS MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON
AS THE SNOW IS CLEARED FROM ROADS.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-172100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140217T2100Z/
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
1219 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES.

* TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER
  OFF THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT 
  THROUGH 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.

&&

$$
389 
WWUS43 KMPX 172112
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
312 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014


WIZ014>016-023>028-172215-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140217T2100Z/
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
312 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

HEAVY SNOW HAS COME TO AN END...WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
TODAY BEING AN INCH OR LESS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OFF OF MAIN ROADS MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON
AS THE SNOW IS CLEARED FROM ROADS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 8:24 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue and 11 more7 hr
Feb 16, 3:53 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXBenton, Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Kanabec, Le Sueur and 10 more32 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.