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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 19, 2014, 4:35 AM CST for 14 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 105 min.
The area
The counties it named.
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 20, 2014, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 65 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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. && $$
4 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Feb 18, 11:06 PM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 11:06 PM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1106 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 903 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014
NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR LATE THIS WEEK AFTER LOOKING AT
THE 00Z NAM. THE TRACK APPEARS STABLE...ALTHOUGH THE QPF AXIS HAS
SHIFTED EVER SO SLIGHTLY FURTHER WEST. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
COMPELLING EVIDENCE TO ADJUST THE CONFIGURATION OF HEADLINES UNTIL
THE REST OF THE 00Z MODEL SUITE IS DIGESTED.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 346 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE FA THIS EVENING WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN OVERNIGHT. A STRONG SHORT WAVE IS OVER
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE UPPER LEVEL
CIRCULATION JUST SOUTH OF KABR. THIS WILL KEEP BKN-OVC MID/HIGH
CLOUDINESS OVER MUCH OF THE FA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AND THERE
WILL ALSO BE SOME SPRINKLES OR LIGHT RAIN PASSING ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL MN INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE CLOUDS AND WIND WILL
DECREASE OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS. PATCHY FOG
IS LIKELY AS WELL AROUND DAYBREAK.
THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY.
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGH
AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS. NOT
EXPECTING IT TO BE QUITE AS WARM TOMORROW DUE TO SEVERAL REASONS.
THE LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST WHERE AS TODAY THEY
WERE WESTERLY. ALSO THE 850MB TEMPERATURES ARE PROGGED TO BE IN
THE -2 TO +2 DEG C RANGE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHERE AS TODAY
THEY WERE IN THE +4 TO +8 DEG C RANGE. STILL...IT WON/T BE A BAD
DAY AFTER ALL THE COLD WE HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH HIGHS REACHING THE
MIDDLE 30S TO LOWER 40S.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 346 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014
WEATHER HEADLINES ARE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THE DEVELOPING STORM
SYSTEM FOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
WE EXPANDED THE WINTER STORM WATCH AND BLIZZARD WATCH A BIT FARTHER
TO THE WEST IN REFERENCE TO MODEL TRENDS THROUGH 12Z TUE. MOST
MODELS TRENDED SLOWER AND CLOSE TO EARLIER EASTERN WISCONSIN TRACK.
THIS WOULD BRING AT LEAST WINTER STORM CRITERIA SNOW TO FAR EASTERN
METRO INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
CONSIDERATION TO THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON COMMUTE OVER THE METRO FOR
INCLUSION OF THE WATCH...EVEN IF CRITERIA SNOWS ARE NOT QUITE MET.
VERY DYNAMIC SYSTEM AS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY MERGERS
OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. SYSTEM STILL A BIT OFFSHORE...AND
ULTIMATE SURFACE LOW TRACK WILL LIKELY WOBBLE A BIT THROUGH
TONIGHTS MODEL RUNS. THE 18Z NAMWRF IS TESTAMENT TO THAT FACT.
PRESENT MODEL QPF BRINGS A GOOD HALF INCH TO AROUND THREE QUARTERS
OF AN INCH OVER THIS REGION. STRONG HEIGHT FALLS...DEEPENING AS
SOUTHERN STREAM ENERGY PHASES. THIS SHOULD BRING A PERIOD OF
HEAVIER LIFT AND SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE EASTERN CWA MAINLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON/THURSDAY EVENING. WE COULD SEE 1 INCH AN HOUR
RATES AS SYSTEM LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST AND SYSTEM OCCLUDES OVER
WISCONSIN...WITH MODELS SUGGESTING STRONG LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH AN
AREA OF NEGATIVE EPV...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WISCONSIN. STRONG WINDS
DEVELOP ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW AS PRESSURE RISES LIFT
NORTHEAST OVER WISCONSIN LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. THIS SHOULD REV WINDS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND
MENTIONED WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL GENERATE WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS ACROSS AT LEAST SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SO THE BLIZZARD
WATCH LOOKS GOOD FOR THAT AREA FOR NOW.
IF THE EVEN SLOWER 18Z NAM SOLUTION VERIFIES...WE COULD SEE HEAVIER
SNOW ACCUMULATION FARTHER WEST INTO MINNESOTA. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR
LATER MODEL RUNS TO SEE IF THIS TREND CONTINUES.
THE SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR THE AREA INTO FRIDAY...WITH SOME
GUSTY WINDS LINGER OVER THE EASTERN CWA. THE HUDSON BAY VORTEX
REDEVELOPS AS THIS SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN CANADA
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. EXPECT THE WESTERN CONUS RIDGE TO REBUILD AND
THE EASTERN CONUS TROUGH TO DEEPEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG
TERM. THIS WILL SPELL ANOTHER PERIOD OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
OVER THE CWA...WITH MORE BELOW ZERO LOWS EXPECTED...DEVELOPING
ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA BY SUN
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1047 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. FOG FORMATION HAS
BEEN TOUGH THIS EVENING WITH WINDS REMAINING ELEVATED IN MOST
LOCATIONS...HOWEVER IN AREAS WHERE WINDS DECOUPLE THERE HAS BEEN FOG
DEVELOPMENT. THINK OVERALL WITH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE IT
WILL BE UNLIKELY TO SEE ORGANIZED AND PROLONGED VISIBILITY
REDUCTIONS SO REMOVED FOG FROM THE 06Z SET OF TAFS.
KMSP...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH WINDS BACKING SOUTH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
THU...IFR OR LIFR WITH SN/BLSN. SEVERAL INCHES LIKELY. LIGHT/VRB
WIND BCMG WNW 20-30KTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KTS.
FRI...VFR. WINDS WNW 15-25KT.
SAT...VFR. WINDS NW 10-15KT.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT FOR MNZ053-060>063-069-070-078.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
FOR MNZ076-077-083>085-091>093.
WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT FOR WIZ014>016-023>028.
&&
UPDATE...BORGHOFF
SHORT TERM...RAH
LONG TERM...DWE
AVIATION...BORGHOFFHazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 12:14 PM CST, 16 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1214 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 191015- 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- 1214 PM CST TUE FEB 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY ACCUMULATING SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AT THIS TIME IS FORECAST FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE THAT CONTAINS WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WATCHES FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RAH
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 Storm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 13 more | 53 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.