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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 19, 2014, 4:35 AM CST for 19 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 25 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2014, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 9:41 AM CST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 28 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 11:18 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Feb 20, 2:38 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Maple Plain, MN | FELL IN ONE HOUR. |
| Feb 20, 2:41 PM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Edina, MN | FELL IN JUST OVER AN HOUR. |
| Feb 20, 2:45 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Burnsville, MN | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Feb 20, 2:52 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Ramsey, MN | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Feb 20, 2:52 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mounds View, MN | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Feb 20, 2:55 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Mound, MN | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Feb 20, 3:06 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 6 Sw Litchfield, MN | |
| Feb 20, 3:13 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Blaine, MN | |
| Feb 20, 3:14 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Eden Prairie, MN | |
| Feb 20, 3:15 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Hastings, MN | |
| Feb 20, 3:38 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Prior Lake, MN | |
| Feb 20, 3:39 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Maple Plain, MN | |
| Feb 20, 3:54 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Apple Valley, MN | REPORTED VIA TWITTER. |
| Feb 20, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 Sse Downtown Minneapo, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:06 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Darwin, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 2 Se Fridley, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:29 PM CST | SNOW 2 | North St Paul, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:40 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:41 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 4 Se Eau Claire, WI | 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN 1 HR 15 MIN. |
| Feb 20, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Richfield, MN | |
| Feb 20, 4:57 PM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Golden Valley, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 W Eau Claire, WI | |
| Feb 20, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 1 W Chanhassen, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:11 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Hudson, WI | |
| Feb 20, 5:28 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Maple Plain, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:35 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 W Foley, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:40 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Ese Chaska, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:43 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Hastings, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:44 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Feb 20, 5:46 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | 8 S Hillman, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Monticello, MN | |
| Feb 20, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Waconia, MN | |
| Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Msp Intl Airport, MN | |
| Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Chanhassen, MN | MEASURED AT THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE. |
| Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Ne Burnsville, MN | |
| Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Otsego, MN | |
| Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.3 | St Cloud Airport, MN | |
| Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | St Cloud Airport, MN | UPDATED TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Feb 20, 6:06 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Clear Lake, WI | |
| Feb 20, 6:06 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Watertown, MN | |
| Feb 20, 6:20 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Feb 20, 6:23 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Otsego, MN | 0.8 INCHES IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES. |
| Feb 20, 6:28 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Haugen, WI | |
| Feb 20, 6:31 PM CST | SNOW 5.8 | Maple Plain, MN | UPDATED TOTAL. |
| Feb 20, 6:40 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Cologne, MN | |
| Feb 20, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Watertown, MN | MEASURED IN SE PORTION OF CITY. |
| Feb 20, 6:48 PM CST | SNOW 3 | St Louis Park, MN | |
| Feb 20, 6:56 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 Sse Lake Maria State, MN | |
| Feb 20, 7:01 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Menomonie, WI | 2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Feb 20, 7:04 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | Victoria, MN | |
| Feb 20, 7:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Feb 20, 7:21 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | 2 Sw Maple Grove, MN | |
| Feb 20, 7:25 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | East Farmington, WI | |
| Feb 20, 7:32 PM CST | SNOW 3.9 | Hastings, MN | |
| Feb 20, 7:34 PM CST | SNOW 6.8 | Maple Plain, MN | UPDATED TOTAL. |
| Feb 20, 7:40 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Se Fridley, MN | |
| Feb 20, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Menomonie, WI | UPDATED TOTAL. |
| Feb 20, 7:46 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | 8 S Hillman, MN | |
| Feb 20, 7:54 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Waconia, MN | UPDATED TOTAL |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
256 WWUS43 KMPX 191035 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 435 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...MAINLY THOSE AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SLEEPY EYE TO SHERBURNE AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO MONTGOMERY TO RED WING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 FROM APPROXIMATELY MILE MARKER 70 SOUTHWARD AND INTERSTATE 90 FROM MILE MARKER 80 EASTWARD. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AND THE SURROUNDING NORTHERN...EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE METRO...ALONG WITH ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE WARNING AREAS. THE AREA IN THE ADVISORY IS APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ISLE TO GLENDORADO TO WAVERLY TO GAYLORD. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE THURSDAY MORNING...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. SNOWFALL TOTALS BY FRIDAY MORNING WILL RANGE 3 TO 7 INCHES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA...AND 8 TO 12 INCHES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. MNZ076-077-083>085-091>093-191900- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.140220T1200Z-140221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 435 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF IN THE EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ078-191900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.140220T1200Z-140221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RED WING 435 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF IN THE EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ074-075-082-191900- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES 435 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF IN THE EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-069-070-WIZ014>016-023>028-191900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0002.140220T1200Z-140221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 435 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING DRIVING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND 6 TO 9 INCHES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066>068-191900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA 435 AM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING DRIVING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING 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. && $$
11 follow-up statements
594 WWUS43 KMPX 192157 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 357 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING AREAS EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM SLEEPY EYE...TO GAYLORD...TO NORTHFIELD...TO TO RED WING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF NEW MARKET...INTERSTATE 90 EAST OF BLUE EARTH... HIGHWAY 169 SOUTH OF BELLE PLAINE...AND HIGHWAY 14 EAST OF SLEEPY EYE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND ADJACENT LOCATIONS TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE METRO...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TO THE WEST OF THE WARNING AREAS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM WALNUT GROVE AND REDWOOD FALLS...NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TO OLIVIA...LITCHFIELD... THE GREATER SAINT CLOUD AREA...AND LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS.. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST WELL INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS POTENTIALLY PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. MNZ067-200600- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAYLORD 357 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...COMBINATION OF HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ045-051-052-059-066-068-200600- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-CARVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA 357 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ROUGHLY BETWEEN NOON AND 10 PM THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...COMBINATION OF HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN LOW VISIBILITIES AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-200600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 357 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...BECOMING HEAVY BY MIDDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 7 PM THURSDAY...TAPERING TO FLURRIES LATE IN THE EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...COMBINATION OF HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...WIDESPREAD LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-200600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ 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 357 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 11 PM THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-069-070-200600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE 357 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 10 PM THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043-049-058-065-073-200600- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...LITCHFIELD... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 357 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST FROM 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ MNZ044-050-200600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...FOLEY 357 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 11 PM THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST FROM 20 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MILLER
597 WWUS43 KMPX 200159 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 759 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM SLEEPY EYE...TO GAYLORD...TO NORTHFIELD...TO RED WING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF NEW MARKET... AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND ADJACENT LOCATIONS TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE METRO...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TO THE WEST OF THE WARNING AREAS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM WALNUT GROVE AND REDWOOD FALLS...NORTH- NORTHEASTWARD TO OLIVIA...LITCHFIELD... THE GREATER SAINT CLOUD AREA...AND LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. MNZ067-074>078-082>085-091>093-201000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 759 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...COMBINATION OF HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-201000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 759 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 10 PM THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST FROM 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043-044-049-050-058-065-073-201000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 759 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST FROM 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ RAH
788 WWUS43 KMPX 200907 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM SLEEPY EYE...TO GAYLORD...TO NORTHFIELD...TO RED WING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF NEW MARKET... AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND ADJACENT LOCATIONS TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE METRO...AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TO THE WEST OF THE WARNING AREAS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM WALNUT GROVE AND REDWOOD FALLS...NORTH- NORTHEASTWARD TO OLIVIA...LITCHFIELD... THE GREATER SAINT CLOUD AREA...AND LITTLE FALLS. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATER TODAY...AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT... BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THERE WILL BE A PERIOD BEFORE NOON THAT SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SLEET OR RAIN...BUT IT WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ044-201800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.140220T1500Z-140221T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/ MILLE LACS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PRINCETON 307 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MILLE LACS COUNTY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH... MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ067-074>078-082>085-091>093-201800- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 307 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH TO FLURRIES FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY FROM 1 PM TO 11 PM TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...COMBINATION OF HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES...HIGHEST OVER SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-201800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0004.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 307 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH TO FLURRIES BY NOON FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HIGHEST OVER FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LOCALLY...UP TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ043-049-050-058-065-073-201800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.140220T1500Z-140221T1800Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 307 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM TODAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 30 MPH... MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ JLT
739 WWUS43 KMPX 201645 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1045 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO MOVE IN... ...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING AREAS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM...MANKATO...AND RED WING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF NEW MARKET...AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. TO THE WEST OF THE WARNING AREAS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM MADISON TO LONG PRAIRIE. HEAVY SNOW WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...NEW RICHMOND...AND RICE LAKE. AMOUNTS WILL RAPIDLY TAPER OFF ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS STRENGTHEN. MNZ065-073-210045- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1045 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AND DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH... MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043-049-050-058-210045- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... LITCHFIELD 1045 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH... MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ057-210045- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 1045 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH... MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOCALLY LOWER VISIBILITY IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ067-074>078-082>085-091>093-210045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1045 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...COMBINATION OF HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND WIND CHILL READINGS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-210045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1045 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE AFTERNOON WORK AND SCHOOL COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES. TOTALS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO NORTHEASTWARD TO NEW RICHMOND AND RICE LAKE. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH... MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WIND CHILL READINGS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-048-054>056-064-210045- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.140220T1645Z-140221T1800Z/ TODD-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1045 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. WIND WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AS WINDS INCREASE AND GUST TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ BORGHOFF/DWE
579 WWUS43 KMPX 201951 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 151 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...THUNDERSNOW REPORTED AS WINTER STORM INTENSIFIES... ...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING AREAS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM...MANKATO...AND RED WING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF NEW MARKET...AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. TO THE WEST OF THE WARNING AREAS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM MADISON TO LONG PRAIRIE. HEAVY SNOW IS RAPIDLY SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO WESTERN WISCONSIN. OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...NEW RICHMOND...AND RICE LAKE. AMOUNTS WILL RAPIDLY TAPER OFF ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS GUST TO 45 OR 50 MPH. MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-210400- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 151 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT WHEN 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS MAY DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATIONS OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-210400- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 151 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE FOR EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT WHEN 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS MAY DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES. TOTALS OF OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO NORTHEASTWARD TO NEW RICHMOND AND RICE LAKE. * WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...WITH LOWER VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AND EXPOSED AREAS. BLIZZARD AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-048-054>056-064-210400- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ TODD-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 151 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. WIND WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON LEADING TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AS WINDS INCREASE AND GUST TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BORGHOFF
925 WWUS43 KMPX 202332 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 532 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...THUNDERSNOW REPORTED AS WINTER STORM INTENSIFIES... ...WINDS NOW BEGINNING TO STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WITH GUSTS REACHING BLIZZARD CRITERIA... ...TRAVEL IS BECOMING VERY DANGEROUS... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING AREAS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM...MANKATO...AND RED WING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF NEW MARKET...AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. TO THE WEST OF THE WARNING AREAS...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM MADISON TO LONG PRAIRIE. HEAVY SNOW HAS PUSHED INTO THE AREA. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN WHICH HAS ENHANCED THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY. OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO...NEW RICHMOND...AND RICE LAKE. AMOUNTS WILL RAPIDLY TAPER OFF ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA...AS WINDS GUST TO 45 OR 50 MPH TONIGHT. MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-211000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 532 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT WHEN 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS MAY DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATIONS OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-211000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 532 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WHERE 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS MAY DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES. TOTALS APPROACHING 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO NORTHEASTWARD TO NEW RICHMOND AND RICE LAKE. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...EXCEPT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-048-054>056-064-211000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ TODD-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 532 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS GUST TO 40 OR 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...UP TO 4 INCHES OF 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
736 WWUS43 KMPX 210114 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 714 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING EXPANDED TO COVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO REDWOOD FALLS. A BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM...MANKATO...AND RED WING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF NEW MARKET...AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES ST CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...EAU CLAIRE AND LADYSMITH. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ARE OCCURRING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE REPORTING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL WORK ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF DURING THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO... NEW RICHMOND...AND RICE LAKE. MNZ057-210915- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1200Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 714 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. * MAIN IMPACT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ048-054>056-064-210915- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1200Z/ POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 714 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. * MAIN IMPACT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041-047-210915- /O.EXB.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS 714 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. * MAIN IMPACT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-210915- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 714 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT WHEN 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS MAY DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATIONS OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-210915- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 714 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WHERE 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS MAY DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES. TOTALS APPROACHING 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO NORTHEASTWARD TO NEW RICHMOND AND RICE LAKE. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...EXCEPT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-210915- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 714 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS GUST TO 40 OR 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...UP TO 4 INCHES OF 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. && $$ RAH
770 WWUS43 KMPX 210521 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1121 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO WILLMAR...TO REDWOOD FALLS TO...MANKATO...AND RED WING. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF NEW MARKET...AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES ST CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...EAU CLAIRE AND LADYSMITH. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ARE OCCURRING ACROSS MINNESOTA TONIGHT. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE REPORTING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL WORK ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF EARLY IN THE MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA TO THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO... NEW RICHMOND...AND RICE LAKE. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND EVEN SOME ISOLATED ROOF COLLAPSES. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-211200- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 1121 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. * MAIN IMPACT...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-211330- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1121 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT WHEN 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS MAY DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ACCUMULATIONS OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-211330- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1121 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WHERE 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS MAY DEVELOP. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HEAVIEST OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES. TOTALS APPROACHING 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO NORTHEASTWARD TO NEW RICHMOND AND RICE LAKE. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY...A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE...EXCEPT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-211330- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 1121 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS GUST TO 40 OR 50 MPH. * MAIN IMPACT...UP TO 4 INCHES OF 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. && $$
188 WWUS43 KMPX 211217 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 617 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES BUT WITH GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS... THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LIGHT FALLING SNOW IS MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...BUT EXPECT POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-211330- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 617 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER BEING OBSERVED. $$ MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-211800- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 617 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ALSO BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-211800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 617 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ALSO BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-211800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 617 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ALSO BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. 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. && $$
490 WWUS43 KMPX 211225 AAA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 625 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES BUT WITH GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS... .THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LIGHT FALLING SNOW IS MAKING FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...BUT EXPECT POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-211800- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 625 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ALSO BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-211800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 625 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ALSO BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ042-211800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 625 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ALSO BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
738 WWUS43 KMPX 211541 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 941 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES BUT CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE... .THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE...BUT EXPECT POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-212100- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T2100Z/ RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 941 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 3 PM. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO HOLD NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-WIZ014>016-023>028-212100- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T2100Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 941 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 3 PM. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO HOLD NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ057-212100- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T2100Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 941 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO AVERAGE BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ MNZ042-211800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 941 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUES BUT IS GRADUALLY IMPROVING. * MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO AVERAGE BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 4:35 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 17 more | 53 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:35 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Benton, Carver, Isanti, Kanabec, McLeod, Meeker and 8 more | 30 hr |
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