Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Mar 17, 2014, 4:25 AM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 18, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr. 51 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2014, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2014, 8:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 counties
Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.6 | Long Prairie, MN | |
| Mar 18, 6:10 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | St Cloud, MN | MEASURED AT THE PRISON. |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Melrose, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Mora, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:01 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Mora, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:02 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 8 S Hillman, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:12 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Carlos, MN | 0.32 WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Mar 18, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 6 Nne Big Lake, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:30 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Milaca, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 4 Nw Onamia, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.1 | 3 Wnw Rice, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Onamia, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.3 | 5 Nw Warman, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | 6 Ne Kensington, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 5.2 | Alexandria, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:50 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 6 Sw Litchfield, MN | |
| Mar 18, 8:58 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | 10 N Mora, MN | |
| Mar 18, 9:26 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Otsego, MN | |
| Mar 18, 9:38 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Mar 18, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 4 Nne Big Lake, MN | |
| Mar 18, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 4 Nne Big Lake, MN | |
| Mar 18, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 8 S Hillman, MN | |
| Mar 18, 10:58 AM CDT | SNOW 3.9 | Sartell, MN | |
| Mar 18, 11:15 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | Mora, MN | |
| Mar 18, 11:33 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Little Falls, MN | |
| Mar 18, 11:41 AM CDT | SNOW 5.7 | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Mar 18, 11:54 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Montevideo, MN | |
| Mar 18, 12:29 PM CDT | SNOW 1.8 | Monticello, MN | |
| Mar 18, 12:50 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Cambridge, MN | RELAYED FROM MEDIA |
| Mar 18, 1:00 PM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | St Cloud, MN | MEASURED AT ST CLOUD STATE UNIV. SNOWFALL TOTAL FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM. |
| Mar 18, 1:05 PM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | St Cloud, MN | MEASURED AT THE PRISON. |
| Mar 18, 1:24 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Sartell, MN | |
| Mar 18, 1:45 PM CDT | SNOW 9 | Avon, MN | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK |
| Mar 18, 3:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Litchfield, MN | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK |
| Mar 18, 3:00 PM CDT | SNOW 5.8 | 2 S Villard, MN | |
| Mar 18, 3:00 PM CDT | SNOW 7 | New Munich, MN | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK |
| Mar 18, 3:30 PM CDT | SNOW 7 | Madison, MN | |
| Mar 18, 4:00 PM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | 8 W St Cloud, MN | |
| Mar 18, 4:09 PM CDT | SNOW 7.1 | 8 S Hillman, MN | UPDATED SNOWFALL AMOUNT |
| Mar 18, 4:24 PM CDT | SNOW 8 | Little Falls, MN | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Mar 18, 4:25 PM CDT | SNOW 9.5 | Collegeville, MN | |
| Mar 18, 4:51 PM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Hillman, MN | |
| Mar 18, 5:20 PM CDT | SNOW 3.9 | Willmar, MN | |
| Mar 18, 5:20 PM CDT | SNOW 7 | Benson, MN | |
| Mar 18, 5:35 PM CDT | SNOW 8 | Murdock, MN | |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM CDT | SNOW 6.2 | Milan, MN | |
| Mar 18, 6:30 PM CDT | SNOW 8 | Collegeville, MN | MEASURED AT ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY |
| Mar 18, 6:46 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | 2 N Sauk Centre, MN | |
| Mar 18, 7:00 PM CDT | SNOW 7.1 | St Cloud, MN | UPDATED TOTAL. MEASURED AT THE PRISON. |
| Mar 18, 7:55 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Eden Valley, MN | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
255 WWUS43 KMPX 170925 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 425 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...CONFIDENCE IS QUICKLY INCREASING FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO HUTCHINSON...AND CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO...NEW RICHMOND AND RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD SOUTHWEST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY...REACHING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY EVENING AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND MORA. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-172130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.140318T0600Z-140319T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 425 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS LIKELY NORTH AND EAST OF ST CLOUD. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ051-052-058-059-065-066-172130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.140318T1200Z-140319T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON 425 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-073>076-082-WIZ014-015-023-172130- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.140318T1500Z-140319T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-POLK-BARRON- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 425 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET TUESDAY MORNING WILL BECOME STEADY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS LIKELY IF THE STORM SHIFTS SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ BORGHOFF/JPC
8 follow-up statements
609 WWUS43 KMPX 172054 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO HUTCHINSON...AND CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO...TO NEW RICHMOND WISCONSIN...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD SOUTHWEST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY...REACHING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY EVENING AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS AND MORA. MNZ073-180500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.140318T1500Z-140319T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.W.0005.140318T1200Z-140319T1200Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 354 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 8 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-180500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.140318T0600Z-140319T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 354 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS LIKELY NORTH AND WEST OF ST CLOUD. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ051-052-058-059-065-066-180500- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.140318T1200Z-140319T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON 354 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 7 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>076-082-WIZ014-015-023-180500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.140318T1500Z-140319T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140318T1500Z-140319T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 354 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET TUESDAY MORNING WILL BECOME STEADY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS POSSIBLE IF THE STORM SHIFTS SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ016-180500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140318T1500Z-140319T1200Z/ RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LADYSMITH 354 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET TUESDAY MORNING WILL BECOME STEADY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS POSSIBLE IF THE STORM SHIFTS SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
322 WWUS43 KMPX 180253 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 953 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...LATE SEASON WINTER STORM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO HUTCHINSON...AND CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO...TO NEW RICHMOND WISCONSIN...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD SOUTHWEST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY...REACHING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS AND MORA. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-181100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0005.140318T0900Z-140319T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 953 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS LIKELY NORTH AND WEST OF ST CLOUD. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ051-052-058-059-065-066-073-181100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0005.140318T1500Z-140319T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS 953 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...5 TO 7 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>076-082-WIZ014>016-023-181100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140318T2100Z-140319T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 953 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET TUESDAY MORNING WILL BECOME STEADY SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS POSSIBLE IF THE STORM SHIFTS SLIGHTLY TO THE EAST. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
064 WWUS43 KMPX 180901 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...MULTI STAGE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM NOW UNDERWAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO NEW LONDON...SAINT CLOUD...AND PINE CITY MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH...OWATONNA...RED WING MINNESOTA...AND MENOMONIE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WHICH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OR SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...TO LAKE MILLE LACS. MNZ051-052-058-059-065-066-073-182100- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.140318T1500Z-140319T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140318T2100Z-140319T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...MOST OF TODAY WILL BE DRY WITH SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 7 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-182100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF COMPLETELY LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ024-025-027-182100- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140319T0300Z-140319T1800Z/ GOODHUE-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MOST OF TODAY WILL BE DRY WITH A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... AND SLEET DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ077-083>085-091-092-182100- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140318T2100Z-140319T1200Z/ RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MOST OF TODAY WILL BE DRY WITH A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... AND SLEET DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ016-182100- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140319T0300Z-140319T1800Z/ RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LADYSMITH 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MOST OF TODAY WILL BE DRY WITH A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... AND SLEET DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>076-082-WIZ014-015-023-182100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140318T2100Z-140319T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND 401 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MOST OF TODAY WILL BE DRY WITH A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... AND SLEET DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
096 WWUS43 KMPX 181223 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 723 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...MULTI STAGE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM NOW UNDERWAY... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO NEW LONDON...SAINT CLOUD...AND PINE CITY MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH...OWATONNA...RED WING MINNESOTA...AND MENOMONIE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WHICH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OR SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWEST THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...AND LITTLE FALLS...TO LAKE MILLE LACS. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-182100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 723 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF COMPLETELY LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>077-082>085-091-092-WIZ014-015-023- 182100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140318T2100Z-140319T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 723 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SOME SNOW THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO DRY CONDITIONS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE SNOW REDEVELOPS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ016-024-025-027-182100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140319T0300Z-140319T1800Z/ GOODHUE-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 723 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MOST OF TODAY WILL BE DRY WITH A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW... AND SLEET DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
312 WWUS43 KMPX 181548 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1048 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW BANDS CONCENTRATED IN WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVIER SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO NEW LONDON...SAINT CLOUD...AND PINE CITY MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH...OWATONNA...RED WING MINNESOTA...AND MENOMONIE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-182200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 1048 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF COMPLETELY TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM MORRIS TO LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>077-082>085-091-092-WIZ014-015-023- 182200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140318T2100Z-140319T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 1048 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH LIGHT RAIN AT TIMES...WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING...THAN SLOWLY TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ016-024-025-027-182200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140319T0300Z-140319T1800Z/ GOODHUE-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1048 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW...AND SLEET WILL REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
899 WWUS43 KMPX 182013 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 313 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...HEAVY SNOW BANDS MOVING FROM WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO NEW LONDON...SAINT CLOUD...AND PINE CITY MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH...OWATONNA...RED WING MINNESOTA... AND MENOMONIE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE FROM WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-190400- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 313 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL TAPERING OFF COMPLETELY BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM MADISON TO SAUK CENTER TO LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>077-082>085-091-092-WIZ014-015-023- 190400- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140318T2100Z-140319T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 313 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW INCREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING...THAN SLOWLY TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 6 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ016-024-025-027-190400- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140319T0300Z-140319T1800Z/ GOODHUE-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 313 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JLT
902 WWUS43 KMPX 182359 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING IN EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO SAINT CLOUD...AND PINE CITY MINNESOTA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BLUE EARTH...OWATONNA...RED WING MINNESOTA...AND MENOMONIE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. MNZ041>043-047-048-054-055-190100- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HEAVY SNOW HAS DIMINISHED. $$ MNZ044-045-049-050-056-057-064-190800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL TAPERING OFF COMPLETELY BY MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM MADISON TO SAUK CENTER TO LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>077-082>085-091-092-WIZ014-015-023- 190800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING... THAN SLOWLY TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ016-024-025-027-190800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140319T0300Z-140319T1800Z/ GOODHUE-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
627 WWUS43 KMPX 190136 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 836 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING IN EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALSO IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. MNZ044-045-049-050-056-057-064-190245- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 836 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>077-082>085-091-092-WIZ014-015-023- 190945- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND 836 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REMAIN HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING... THAN SLOWLY TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ078-WIZ016-024-025-027-190945- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0019.140319T0300Z-140319T1800Z/ GOODHUE-RUSK-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...LADYSMITH...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 836 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS ADVISORY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE CANCELLED EARLY. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...2 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:25 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 21 more | 42 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.