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Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 13, 2014, 3:51 AM CST for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jan 13, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2014, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 13, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
076 WWUS43 KMPX 130951 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 351 AM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES TO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING SNOW PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>059-064>068-073>075-082-083-091-092-131800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.140114T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 351 AM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY EARLY THIS EVENING...AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ060>063-069-070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-131800- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.140114T0300Z-140114T2100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 351 AM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND PERSIST TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ON TUESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * OTHER IMPACTS: PATCHY BLOWING SNOW ON TUESDAY WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MPX
11 follow-up statements
906 WWUS43 KMPX 131621 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1021 AM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW REMAINS ON TRACK FOR LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... .A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW REMAINS ON TRACK TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...CREATING BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL PERSIST UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>059-064>068-073>075-082-083-091-092-140030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.140114T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1021 AM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY EARLY THIS EVENING... AND PERSIST INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ060>063-069-070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-140030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.140114T0300Z-140114T2100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1021 AM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY LATE THIS EVENING... AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ON TUESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON TUESDAY WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
527 WWUS43 KMPX 132144 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 344 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING...BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT... .A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW REMAINS ON TRACK TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. SOME SLEET...LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LEADING TO LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY MORNING. LESSER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS SYSTEM OVERNIGHT AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>059-064>068-073>075-082-083-091-092-140600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.140114T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 344 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY EARLY THIS EVENING... AND PERSIST INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR LIGHT RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 9 PM ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. 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. && $$ MNZ060>063-069-070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-140600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.140114T0300Z-140114T2100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 344 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING BY LATE THIS EVENING... AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ON TUESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON TUESDAY WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
196 WWUS43 KMPX 140254 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 854 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...SNOW OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 3 PM TUESDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MOST SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES. FARTHER WEST AND SOUTH...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE AROUND AN INCH. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS SYSTEM OVERNIGHT AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WHERE SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY. MNZ041-047>049-051-054>059-064>068-073>075-082-083-091-092-141100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 854 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT... THEN END EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND AN INCH. 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. && $$ MNZ060>063-069-070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>028-141100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.140114T0300Z-140114T2100Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 854 PM CST MON JAN 13 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH ON TUESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON TUESDAY WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
687 WWUS43 KMPX 140952 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON IN EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES. LOWER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MINNESOTA...WHERE TOTALS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. DESPITE THE LOWER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES... SPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIZ027-028-141800- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.140114T0952Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ WIZ015-016-141800- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION 3 TO 5 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014-141800- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 4 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ023>026-141800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ041-047>049-051-054>070-073>076-082-083-091-141800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 352 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT... THEN END EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 TO 3 INCHES. 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. && $$
415 WWUS43 KMPX 141534 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 934 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TAPERING OFF BY NOON... ...LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES FOR MINNESOTA... .LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES BY EARLY AFTERNOON AROUND ELLSWORTH AND MENOMONIE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA AND STANLEY. PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT TOTALS AROUND 4 INCHES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE LIGHT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WIND GUSTS HAVE APPROACHED 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIZ027-028-142345- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 934 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING... AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-142100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ 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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 934 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON...WITH BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-023>026-142345- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 934 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
178 WWUS43 KMPX 141606 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...HEAVY SNOWFALL IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON... .HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES CONTINUED IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES COMBINED WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THIS MORNING OF 4 TO 5 INCHES...WILL INCREASE THE SNOWFALL TOTALS TO LOCALLY 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 3 PM. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH AMOUNTS NEAR 8 INCHES BY EARLY AFTERNOON AROUND ELLSWORTH AND MENOMONIE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA AND STANLEY. PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT TOTALS AROUND 4 INCHES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE LIGHT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WIND GUSTS HAVE APPROACHED 50 MPH AT TIMES. WIZ023>026-150000- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.140114T2100Z-140115T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING... AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-142100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ 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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON...WITH BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 1006 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
830 WWUS43 KMPX 141736 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES... .HEAVIER SNOW BANDS HAVE LESSEN SINCE EARLIER THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WIND GUSTS HAVE APPROACHED 45 MPH AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...ELLSWORTH AND STANLEY...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LOCALLY 1 TO 3 ELSEWHERE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WIZ023>026-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.140114T2100Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 AND 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-142100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ 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-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 1136 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
560 WWUS43 KMPX 141928 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...LIGHT SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .SNOW CONTINUES TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. MOST AREAS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE IMPROVED ENOUGH TO CANCEL THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EARLY. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY...BUT NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. LIGHT SNOW AND MORE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BEFORE IT ENDS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... ELLSWORTH AND STANLEY...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LOCALLY 1 TO 3 ELSEWHERE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064-065-073-142030- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ WIZ023>026-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.140114T2100Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 AND 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-066>070-074>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 142100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON...BUT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 128 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW ON WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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
823 WWUS43 KMPX 142056 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...CONDITIONS IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON... ...LIGHT SNOW TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD. MOST AREAS IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE IMPROVED ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 3 PM. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. AREAS AROUND EAU CLAIRE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES NEAR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... ELLSWORTH AND STANLEY...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LOCALLY 1 TO 3 ELSEWHERE. WIZ023>026-150000- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.140114T2100Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-066>070-074>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 142200- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2100Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 AND 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. * MAIN IMPACT: AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF SNOWFALL BEFORE IT ENDS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 256 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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
250 WWUS43 KMPX 142153 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...SNOW DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... ...BLIZZARD WATCH THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING IN THE WAKE OF THE SNOW...BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. CURRENT WINTER WEATHER WEATHER ADVISORIES FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES WILL ALSO BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ONCE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES NEAR EAU CLAIRE... CHIPPEWA FALLS...ELLSWORTH AND STANLEY...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO LOCALLY 1 TO 3 FARTHER WEST. A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA THROUGH WILLMAR TO BLUE EARTH. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY A PERIOD OF SNOW. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF THE FLUFFY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO. WIZ027-028-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 AND 25 MPH INTO THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF SNOWFALL BEFORE IT ENDS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ092-150600- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLUE EARTH 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. FOR THE BLIZZARD WATCH: * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. 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. 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. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-093-WIZ015-016-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH INTO THIS EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ WIZ023>026-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * MAIN IMPACT: BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-150600- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT 353 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ RAH/DWE
916 WWUS43 KMPX 150028 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA THROUGH WILLMAR TO BLUE EARTH. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING ACCOMPANIED BY A PERIOD OF SNOW. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH... ARE LIKELY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES... DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO. WIZ027-028-150130- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE... ALTOONA 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MNZ092-150830- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLUE EARTH 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ077-078-084-085-093-WIZ015-016-150130- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ WIZ023>026-150130- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140115T0000Z/ ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-150830- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT 628 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY LATE IN THE DAY. 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. && $$ RAH
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 Jan 12, 11:34 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 11:34 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1134 PM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 355 PM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 NEXT WEAK TROUGH FOR LATE TONIGHT DOES NOT LOOK ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE ON SATELLITE. BEST MOISTURE WILL GO NORTH OF US BUT THERE WILL BE SOME LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE SWEEPING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FOR A BRIEF TIME AFTER 06Z. SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE IN AND COULD BE SOME FLURRIES FOR A FEW HOURS. HAVE HELD OFF ON THAT FOR NOW EXCEPT IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA WHERE THE MOISTURE PROFILE LOOKS BEST. THIS AREA MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED EAST AS STREAMLINES SEEM TO BE TAKING ON MORE CYCLONIC CURVATURE THAN PREVIOUSLY INDICATED. OTHERWISE... HAVE RAISED MIN TEMPS A FEW DEGREES FOR TONIGHT TO MATCH WITH MOST GUIDANCE... RANGING FROM UPPER TEENS AROUND ALEXANDRIA TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S AROUND WEST CENTRAL WISC INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MN. TEMPS ARE NOW IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOT EXCEEDINGLY COLD IN SOUTHERN SASK AND MANITOBA...GENERALLY MID/UPPER 20S NOW. WIND WILL ALSO PICK UP OVERNIGHT HELPING STEM THE TIDE FROM GETTING MUCH COLDER. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 355 PM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS IN THE EXTENDED REVOLVE AROUND A CLIPPER COMING DOWN FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT FOLLOWED BY A STRONG WIND STORM FOR THURSDAY THAT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON EVOLUTION OF THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THURSDAY. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAS BEEN OUR FAVORED UPPER AIR PATTERN THIS WINTER RETURN AS WE AGAIN SEE THE WEST COAST RIDGE BUILD BACK IN...WHILE AN ANOMALOUSLY DEEP TROUGH BUILDS BACK DOWN FROM HUDSON BAY INTO THE SE CONUS. MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE OVER THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER UPPER WAVE TRIES TO BREAK DOWN THE WRN RIDGE. GFS IS MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH SLIDING THE RIDGE EAST INTO THE PLAINS...WHILE THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO FAVOR THE ERN TROUGH...KEEPING ANY PART OF THAT RIDGE THAT COMES INTO THE PLAINS LESS AMPLIFIED. THIS PATTERN MEANS WE WILL MAKE A RETURN TO NW FLOW...BRINGING A RETURN TO COOLER CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...THIS TROUGH/RIDGE PATTERN WILL BE SHIFTED EAST FROM WHAT WE SAW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH...THIS WILL TAKE THE HEART OF THE ARCTIC AIR INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON EAST...WHILE WE GET HIT WITH MORE OF A GLANCING BLOW WITH EACH ARCTIC AIRMASS. WITH THAT SAID...IT WILL BE COOLER IN THE EXTENDED AS WE WILL SEE A FAIRLY ACTIVE SFC WAVE PATTERN...WITH WEAK LOWS/FRONTS PASSING EVERY 20 TO 36 HOURS OR SO. WHEN WARM SECTORED...WE WILL SEE TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL WITH STINTS IN THE ARCTIC AIR RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...STILL PLENTY COLD...BUT ABOUT 10-15 DEGREES WARMER THAN WHAT WE DEALT WITH DURING THE COLD OUTBREAK EARLIER IN THE MONTH. FOR THE MONDAY SYSTEM...MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON HOW THINGS WILL PLAY OUT. DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE NAM/GFS SHOW STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT AROUND THE 290K SFC RAPIDLY MOVING IN TO WRN MN DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW SNOW TO QUICKLY BREAK OUT ACROSS WRN MN BETWEEN 21Z AND 00Z. SPED UP THE ARRIVAL OF SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON FROM WHAT PREVIOUS FORECAST HAD GIVEN TENDENCY OF MODELS TO BE SLOW IN BRINGING IN WARM ADVECTIVE PRECIP. H85 WINDS IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THIS SYSTEM PROGGED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 50 KTS...SO WE WILL SEE A FAIRLY VIGOROUS BAND OF WAA SNOW WITH THIS WAVE. FOLLOWED A BLEND OF THE SREF/GFS/ECMWF...WHICH HAVE ABOUT A 998 MB SFC LOW TRACKING DOWN THE MN RIVER MONDAY EVENING. THE NAM HAS A SIMILAR LOW GOING DOWN I-94...WHILE THE GEM IS THE NRN OUTLIER...TAKING THE LOW DOWN MORE OF A GRAND FORKS TO LADYSMITH LINE. GIVEN THE PREFERRED BLEND USED...ENDED UP WITH A SWATH OF 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW MORE OR LESS DOWN THE I-94 CORRIDOR. THERE COULD BE BLOWING SNOW ISSUES BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW...WHICH WILL DEEPEN SOME OVER WI. HOWEVER...RIGHT NOW THE STRONGEST WINDS THAT WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO CREATE BLOWING SNOW ISSUES LOOK TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF WHERE THE SNOW FALLS...SO HAVE LEFT BLOWING SNOW OUT OF THE GRIDS FOR NOW...THOUGH THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. AT THE VERY LEAST...THE COLD AIR THESE WINDS BRING DOWN ON TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN STEADY OR FALLING TEMPERATURES MOST OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY WILL START OFF WITH A SFC RIDGE AXIS OVERHEAD...SO DEPENDING ON WHAT CLOUD COVER DOES...WE MAY NEED TO GO LOWER WITH LOWS THAN CURRENTLY INDICATED. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ANOTHER OCCLUDED FRONT WILL BE WORKING ACROSS THE AREA...AS ANOTHER STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS CANADA. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WARM ADVECTIVE BAND MOVING ACROSS MN/WI...WITH THE QUESTION BEING HOW FAR SOUTH CAN THE PRECIP BUILD. BEST CHANCES CONTINUE TO BE IN CENTRAL/NRN MN. P-TYPE LOOKS TO BE MAINLY SNOW AS WELL...AS THIS BAND OF PRECIP WILL BE COMING IN OUT AHEAD OF THE WARM NOSE WITH TEMPS WARM ENOUGH FOR MELTING ALOFT. RIGHT NOW...LOOKS LIKE THIS BAND WOULD PRODUCE A QUICK INCH OF SNOW /MORE FOR NRN MN/...WITH PERHAPS SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN AT THE TAIL END OF ANY FALLING PRECIP. THE MPX AREA LOOKS TO MORE OR LESS SEE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION UNTIL THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT COMES STEAM ROLLING ACROSS THE AREA THU MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. STRONG CAA...VORT ADVECTION AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ALL POINT TO VIGOROUS SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY COMING DOWN BEHIND THE FRONT. THOUGH LIKELY NOT AMOUNTING TO MUCH...THIS LIGHT SNOW COULD LEAD TO BIG PROBLEMS FOR WHAT IS TO BE OUTLINED IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH. THE BIGGER PROBLEM WITH THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE THE WINDS IT WILL BRING WITH. BY 00Z THU BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE SHOWING ABOUT A 15 MB E-W ORIENTED PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE STATE...WHICH ON ITS OWN WOULD SUPPORT 20-30 KT SUSTAINED WINDS OUT IN OUR WIND FAVORED AREAS. HOWEVER...THERE ARE SOME OTHER FACTORS GOING ON THAT POINT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WIND STORM...H85 WINDS INCREASING TO OVER 50 KTS IN CONCERT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF STEEP LAPSE RATE IN CAA. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SOME OF THE STRONGEST SYNOPTIC WINDS WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THE BIG WIND STORM IN OCTOBER OF 2010. THE GFS CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THE WINDS...SHOWING MIX DOWN GUST POTENTIAL FOR SITES IN WRN/SRN MN IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. DO NOT THINK WE WILL SEE WINDS QUITE THAT STRONG...BUT EVEN THE ECMWF WOULD SUGGEST WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS ALL WOULD SUGGEST THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR SEEING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM WRN INTO SRN MN. HOWEVER...THERE ARE QUESTIONS AS TO HOW BLOWABLE THE CURRENT SNOW PACK WILL BE AFTER TODAYS MILD TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH QUESTIONS AS TO WHERE SNOW WILL END UP MONDAY NIGHT...ALONG WITH HOW EASY IT WILL BE TO BLOW THE FRESH SNOW AROUND /WILL HAVE A HIGHER WATER CONTENT/. HOWEVER...IF WE GET VIGOROUS SNOW SHOWERS LIKE THE GFS/ECMWF SUGGEST MAY HAPPEN...NONE OF THAT WOULD LIKELY MATTER...AS THAT LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW WITH THESE WINDS WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO CREATE SERIOUS ISSUES. NEEDLESS TO SAY...THIS NEEDS TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY IN THE COMING DAYS. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM FOR THE WEEKEND...CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST BREAKS DOWN AS THE MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE. AT THE VERY LEAST THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF MORE SNOW...BUT THE MORE PROGRESSIVE GFS WOULD SAY WE WOULD GET BACK INTO A MORE MILD PACIFIC AIRMASS...WHILE THE ECMWF MORE OR LESS KEEPS THE MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1134 PM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...WITH SOME MVFR CIGS ARRIVING OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY FROM THE DAKOTAS. A FEW FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MN DURING THIS TIME...BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD IMPACT THE TAF SITES IN ANY WAY. VFR CONDITIONS THEN RETURN FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SNOW PUSHES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER 00Z TUESDAY. KMSP...VFR THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...THEN A PERIOD OF MVFR POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING. CIGS MAY DROP AS LOW AS 020...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH. SNOW PUSHES IN AND IFR CONDITIONS LIKELY AFTER 03 OR 04Z TUESDAY. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ TUE...MVFR AND -SN EARLY...THEN VFR. WIND NW 10-15G20KT. WED...VFR BECOMING MVFR WITH CHC -SN LATE. WIND W 5 KT BECOMING SW 10-20KT. THU...MVFR CIG AND SCATTERED -SHSN POSSIBLE WITH STRONG WINDS. WIND NW 20G35KT. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...TDK LONG TERM...MPG AVIATION...BORGHOFF
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 5:53 PM CST, 9 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 553 PM CST SUN JAN 12 2014 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 140000- 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- 553 PM CST SUN JAN 12 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT WITH A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR. A POWERFUL SYSTEM PUSHING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN ITS WAKE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. GUSTS WILL LIKELY EXCEED 50 MPH ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE FRESH SNOWPACK IN PLACE COULD ALSO LEAD TO WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THOSE AREAS. SOMEWHAT LIGHTER WINDS ARE FORECAST FURTHER EAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. BORGHOFF
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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.