Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches in 2014
Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Mar 29, 2014, 4:30 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 31, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2014, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 3:35 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
860 WWUS43 KMPX 290930 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 430 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...MAJOR WINTER-LIKE EARLY SPRING SEASON STORM EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY AND SHIFT EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES AS IT PROGRESSES...PRIMARILY RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA MONDAY...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 12 INCHES...FALLING HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES ACROSS...POTENTIALLY CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ALEXANDRIA...SAINT CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITTLE FALLS AND MORA AREAS. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MORRIS...BENSON AND MONTEVIDEO AREAS. MNZ047-048-054>056-064-291800- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0004.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 430 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENTLY HIGHER GUSTS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES...HIGHEST IN STEVENS AND POPE COUNTIES WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING SOUTH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ041>045-049-050-057-291800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0004.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 430 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES...HIGHEST IN DOUGLAS COUNTY EAST THROUGH MORRISON COUNTY WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING SOUTH. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CREATING BLOWING SNOW DURING TIMES OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
6 follow-up statements
314 WWUS43 KMPX 291720 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1220 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...MAJOR WINTER-LIKE EARLY SPRING SEASON STORM EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY AND SHIFT EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES AS IT PROGRESSES...PRIMARILY RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA MONDAY...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES...FALLING HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES ACROSS...POTENTIALLY CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ALEXANDRIA...SAINT CLOUD... WILLMAR...LITTLE FALLS AND MORA AREAS. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MORRIS... BENSON AND MONTEVIDEO AREAS. MNZ047-048-054>056-064-300130- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0004.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1220 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENTLY HIGHER GUSTS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN STEVENS AND POPE COUNTIES WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING SOUTH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ041>045-049-050-057-300130- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 1220 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHEST IN DOUGLAS COUNTY EAST THROUGH MORRISON COUNTY WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING SOUTH. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CREATING BLOWING SNOW DURING TIMES OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
466 WWUS43 KMPX 292059 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY AND SHIFT EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES AS IT PROGRESSES...PRIMARILY RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES...FALLING HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES ACROSS...POTENTIALLY CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA INCLUDES THE ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...BENSON AND MONTEVIDEO AREAS. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDED THE SAINT CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITTLE FALLS AND MORA AREAS. MNZ041-300500- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0004.140331T1200Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.BZ.A.0004.140331T1800Z-140401T1800Z/ DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALEXANDRIA 359 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENTLY HIGHER GUSTS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CREATING BLOWING SNOW DURING TIMES OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ047-048-054>056-064-300500- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0004.140331T1800Z-140401T1800Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 359 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENTLY HIGHER GUSTS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN STEVENS AND POPE COUNTIES WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING SOUTH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-057-300500- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0004.140401T0000Z-140401T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 359 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN DOUGLAS COUNTY EAST THROUGH MORRISON COUNTY WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING SOUTH. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CREATING BLOWING SNOW DURING TIMES OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY. 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. && $$
307 WWUS43 KMPX 300304 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1004 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY AND MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING PRIMARILY RAIN AT THE BEGINNING AS THIS SYSTEM BEGINS TO ORGANIZE. ONCE THIS SYSTEM BEGINS TO TAP COLDER AIR MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...AND EVENTUALLY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD POTENTIALLY CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA INCLUDES THE ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...BENSON AND MONTEVIDEO AREAS. THE WINTER STORM WATCH INCLUDES THE SAINT CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITTLE FALLS AND MORA AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-301115- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0004.140331T1800Z-140401T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1004 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENTLY HIGHER GUSTS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN STEVENS AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING SOUTH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-057-301115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.140401T0000Z-140401T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 1004 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN TODD THROUGH MORRISON COUNTY WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING SOUTH AND EAST. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING...CREATING BLOWING SNOW DURING TIMES OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY. 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. && $$ JLT
817 WWUS43 KMPX 300943 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 443 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM DEVELOPING FOR MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY AND MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING PRIMARILY RAIN AT THE BEGINNING AS THIS SYSTEM BEGINS TO ORGANIZE. ONCE THIS SYSTEM BEGINS TO TAP COLDER AIR LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...AND EVENTUALLY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD POTENTIALLY CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA MONDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA INCLUDES THOSE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDES THOSE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MORA. MNZ049-050-057-301045- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0004.140401T0000Z-140401T1800Z/ STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR 443 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE LATEST FORECAST CALLS FOR LOWER SNOW AMOUNTS FOR STEARNS... BENTON AND KANDIYOHI COUNTIES. SNOW AMOUNTS NOW ARE FORECAST TO BE BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR A WINTER STORM WATCH...THEREFORE THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE STILL LOOKS TO BE MINOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION MONDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING OF THE FALLING SNOW...POTENTIALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-301800- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0004.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 443 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENTLY HIGHER GUSTS MONDAY EVENING...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 3 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN STEVENS AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING SOUTH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ042>045-301800- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.140401T0000Z-140401T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA 443 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 4 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN TODD COUNTY WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS GOING EAST. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING... CREATING BLOWING SNOW DURING TIMES OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL... CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
763 WWUS43 KMPX 301640 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1140 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM DEVELOPING FOR MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING PRIMARILY RAIN AT THE BEGINNING AS THIS SYSTEM BEGINS TO ORGANIZE. ONCE THIS SYSTEM STARTS TAPPING COLDER AIR MONDAY EVENING...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL...AND EVENTUALLY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD POTENTIALLY CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA MONDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA INCLUDES THOSE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDES THOSE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO MORA. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-310045- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0004.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1140 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENTLY HIGHER GUSTS MONDAY EVENING...IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 3 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN STEVENS AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS SOUTH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ042>045-310045- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0004.140401T0000Z-140401T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA 1140 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 4 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST IN TODD COUNTY WITH THE LOWER AMOUNTS EAST. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY EVENING... CREATING BLOWING SNOW DURING TIMES OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL... CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ BORGHOFF
773 WWUS43 KMPX 302035 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 335 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM DEVELOPING FOR MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING PRIMARILY RAIN MONDAY...HOWEVER ONCE THIS SYSTEM STARTS TAPPING COLDER AIR MONDAY EVENING...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLIZZARD WATCH FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA INCLUDES THOSE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS. MNZ042>045-302145- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0004.140401T0000Z-140401T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA 335 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE LATEST FORECAST CALLS FOR A STORM TRACK FARTHER WEST...KEEPING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS THE BAND OF SNOW QUICKLY SWINGS THROUGH. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-310600- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0004.140401T0300Z-140401T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 335 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ BORGHOFF
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Mar 29, 3:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 301 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 247 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014 NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THIS PERIOD WITH A SURFACE HIGH DEPARTING TO THE EAST AND A SURFACE LOW MOVING WEST TO EAST NORTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL MAKE AN IMPRESSIVE SHIFT TO THE EAST TODAY. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL ENSUE...AND DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB QUICKLY INTO THE MID AND UPPER 40S. AS THE HIGH DEPARTS...AND THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW MOVES ALONG THE BORDER...WE'LL SEE SSE WINDS ON THE INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT QUICKLY TIGHTENS. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND HELP KEEP NIGHTTIME LOWS ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED THIS PERIOD UNTIL MID/HIGH CLOUDS BEGIN MOVING IN SUNDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) TWO MAIN STORIES FOR THE LONG TERM...WARM TEMPS SUNDAY AND INCOMING IMPRESSIVE STORM MONDAY. UPPER RIDGE QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY NIGHT... BRINGING MUCH WARMER TEMPS. MODELS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH BROAD SCALE FEATURES...AND ONLY SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN TEMPS FOR SUNDAY. SHOULD SEE SOME 60 DEGREE TEMPS IN SOUTHERN MN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY MONTHS. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER WILL BE STREAMING ACROSS NORTHERN MN AND MAYBE CENTRAL MN SO THAT IS THE LIMITING FACTOR THERE FOR TEMPS. HAVE KEPT MAX TEMPS JUST SHY OF 50 DEGREES IN OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES...BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE SHOULD SEE THE 50S...WITH LOWER 60S IN SOUTHERN MN. INCOMING UPPER LOW STRENGTHENS SIGNIFICANTLY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH QUITE COLD AIR JUST TO OUR NORTH AND AN IMPRESSIVE TEMP CONTRAST OVERALL. FOR EXAMPLE...GFS TEMPS AT 850 SUNDAY EVENING ARE PROJECTED TO BE 20C ALONG THE SW NEBRASKA BORDER WITH NW KANSAS...AND -10C JUST BARELY NORTH OF THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER WITH SASK AND MANITOBA. THIS IS A VERY DYNAMIC SYSTEM AND IT WILL RAMP UP QUICKLY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. 120 KNOT UPPER JET MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WHILE 100+ KNOT JET DEPARTS ONTARIO. MN/WI WILL BE IN THE VERY FAVORABLE SPOT IN BETWEEN JET CORES. THUNDER MAY WELL MOVE INTO SERN MN AND WC WISC ON MONDAY...MAYBE EVEN SUNDAY NIGHT... WHILE SNOW IS A GOOD BET TO THE WEST AND NORTH ON MONDAY. SOME MODELS SHOW HEFTY SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE DAKOTAS INTO WEST CENTRAL OR NWRN MN. NAM IS AN OUTLIER...TOO FAST AND TOO FAR NORTH. OTHER DETERMINISTIC MODELS ARE A BIT SLOWER... WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ELEVATED STORMS INTO SERN MN AND WISC. MOISTURE IS LACKING IN THE LOW LEVELS. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THERE ARE SOME DEW POINTS IN THE MID AND UPPER 40S. WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE STORM. IF TEMPS ARE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN FORECAST FOR MONDAY...SNOW WOULD BE THE PREVALENT FORM OF PRECIP IN WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MN...AND BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP. DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE WATCHED. AFTER THAT...UPPER RIDGE SHOULD KEEP AREA MOSTLY DRY TUE INTO WED..BUT ANOTHER TROUGH QUICKLY MOVES ONTO THE WEST COAST. SOME MODEL SOLUTIONS BRING SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW TO MN/WI AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH... WITH ANOTHER STORM AFFECTING THE AREA THURSDAY. BUT SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS MOSTLY KEEP IT FAR ENOUGH SOUTH BEFORE TURNING THE CORNER TO THE NORTHEAST...IN WHICH CASE MN/WI WOULD MOSTLY BE DRY. CHANCE POPS ARE WARRANTED. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1048 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER THE TAF SITES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME SCT-BKN080-100 DRIFTING ACROSS THE SITES...THERE IS A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR MVFR BR AROUND DAYBREAK ACROSS SW MN INCLUDING KRWF. AS THE HIGH RETREATS TO THE EAST ON SATURDAY...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN WITH STRONG SE WINDS DEVELOPING AT KAXN AND KRWF FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SPEEDS OF 15-20KTS ARE FORECAST WITH GUSTS TO 25KTS. SPEEDS OF 10-15 KNOTS FOR THE TAF SITES FARTHER EAST. KMSP...VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH ANY CEILINGS AOA 080. LIGHT NE WINDS OVERNIGHT BECOMING SE AROUND 12Z. SPEEDS INCREASING TO 10-12 KNOTS FOR THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SUN...VFR. WINDS S AT 10 KTS. MON...MVFR/IFR. RAIN. WINDS NE 15-20 KTS. MON NGT...MVFR/IFR. RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. WINDS NW 15-20 KTS. TUE...MVFR EARLY...BCMG VFR. WINDS NW 10-15 KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SPD LONG TERM...TDK AVIATION...RAH
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 7:56 PM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 756 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 291815- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 756 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO CONTAIN A VARIETY OF WEATHER CONCERNS...INCLUDING POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION AND ACCUMULATING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 4:30 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 48 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2014Every winter storm watch in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.