Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2015
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this blizzard warning at Mar 2, 2015, 4:08 AM CST for 22 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 3, 2015, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2015, 4:08 AM CST (10:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2015, 7:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2015, 2:37 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 22 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Morris, MN | |
| Mar 3, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Mankato, MN | |
| Mar 3, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Sw Prinsburg, MN | |
| Mar 3, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Litchfield, MN | |
| Mar 3, 10:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Glenwood, MN | |
| Mar 3, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Benson, MN | |
| Mar 3, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 N Minnesota Lake, MN | FREEZING DRIZZLE PRECEDED THE SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 3, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 Nnw Glencoe, MN | |
| Mar 3, 12:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 Nnw Glencoe, MN | |
| Mar 3, 1:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Cosmos, MN | |
| Mar 3, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Willmar, MN | |
| Mar 3, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Montevideo, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662 WWUS43 KMPX 021008 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 408 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TUESDAY... .A BAND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. INTENSE SNOW RATES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS BAND AND A FEW INCHES WILL LIKELY FALL WITHIN A 6 HOUR PERIOD LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST AREA WIDE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. OF EVEN MORE IMPORTANCE IS AN ARCTIC FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON...LE CENTER...AND OWATONNA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MNZ047-048-054>056-064-021815- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.150303T1500Z-150304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1200Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 408 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW BUT WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MNZ057-021815- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.150303T1500Z-150304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1500Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 408 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW BUT WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ058-065>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-021815- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.150303T1500Z-150304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 408 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MNZ076-084-085-093-021815- /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA 408 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041>044-049-050-021815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150304T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 408 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 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 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW AND TUESDAY WITH THE 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. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-021815- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0900Z-150304T0300Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 408 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE MORNING RUSH MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY SNOW AND THE AFTERNOON RUSH MAY BE IMPACTED WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BORGHOFF/DWE
9 follow-up statements
031 WWUS43 KMPX 021205 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 605 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TUESDAY... .A BAND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. INTENSE SNOW RATES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS BAND AND A FEW INCHES WILL LIKELY FALL WITHIN A 6 HOUR PERIOD LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST AREA WIDE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. OF EVEN MORE IMPORTANCE IS AN ARCTIC FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON...LE CENTER...AND OWATONNA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MNZ047-048-054>056-064-022015- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1200Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 605 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW BUT WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MNZ057-022015- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1500Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 605 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW BUT WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ058-065>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-022015- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 605 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041>044-049-050-022015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150304T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 605 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW AND TUESDAY WITH THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-022015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0900Z-150304T0300Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-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...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 605 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE MORNING RUSH MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY SNOW AND THE AFTERNOON RUSH MAY BE IMPACTED WITH 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
702 WWUS43 KMPX 021343 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 743 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TUESDAY... .A BAND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. INTENSE SNOW RATES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS BAND AND A FEW INCHES WILL LIKELY FALL WITHIN A 6 HOUR PERIOD LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE FORECAST AREA WIDE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. OF EVEN MORE IMPORTANCE IS AN ARCTIC FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON...LE CENTER...AND OWATONNA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. MNZ047-048-054>056-064-022145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1200Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 743 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW BUT WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MNZ057-022145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1500Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 743 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW BUT WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MNZ058-065>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-022145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 743 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH DEVELOPING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041>044-049-050-022145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150304T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 743 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW AND TUESDAY WITH THE 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. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-022145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0900Z-150304T0300Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 743 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE MORNING RUSH MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY SNOW AND THE AFTERNOON RUSH MAY BE IMPACTED WITH BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
774 WWUS43 KMPX 022044 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 244 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY... .A BAND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IN THESE AREAS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MORE IMPORTANTLY...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS MINNESOTA TUESDAY MORNING AND WESTERN WISCONSIN IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH... ARE LIKELY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON...OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MNZ047-048-054>056-064-030445- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1200Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 244 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW BUT WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. 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. && $$ MNZ057-030445- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1500Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 244 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW BUT WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ058-065>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-030445- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 244 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041>044-049-050-030445- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150304T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 244 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT LATE TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVY SNOW AND TUESDAY WITH THE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-030445- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0900Z-150304T0300Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-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...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 244 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. THE MORNING RUSH MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND THE AFTERNOON RUSH MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE 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. && $$
491 WWUS43 KMPX 030345 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 945 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY... .A BAND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IN THESE AREAS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR WITH AROUND 3 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MORE IMPORTANTLY...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS MINNESOTA TUESDAY MORNING AND WESTERN WISCONSIN IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH... ARE LIKELY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON...OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MNZ047-048-054>056-064-031145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1200Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1200Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 945 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. 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. && $$ MNZ057-031145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150303T1500Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 945 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING... AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING.. 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. && $$ MNZ058-065>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-031145- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ MEEKER-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 945 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY MORNING...AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041>044-049-050-031145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0500Z-150304T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 945 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY MORNING... AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ON TUESDAY WITH THE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-031145- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.150303T0900Z-150304T0300Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 945 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON RUSH SHOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
869 WWUS43 KMPX 031013 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 413 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY... .A BAND OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SNOW DEVELOPING ELSEWHERE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF AROUND MIDDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE. MORE IMPORTANTLY...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS MINNESOTA LATER THIS MORNING AND WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...ARE LIKELY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON... OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA. EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. MNZ047-048-054>056-064-031815- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1300Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150303T1300Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 413 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. 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. && $$ MNZ058-066-067-074>076-082>085-091>093-031815- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1700Z-150304T0300Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 413 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY AFTERNOON...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ057-031815- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150303T1500Z/ KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLMAR 413 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL WILL TAPER OFF LATE MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ065-073-031815- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1500Z-150304T0300Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 413 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF AROUND MIDDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041>044-049-050-031815- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 413 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AROUND MIDDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH THE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-031815- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 413 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BORGHOFF
005 WWUS43 KMPX 031610 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1010 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...SNOW TAPERING OFF WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL TO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .A BAND OF SNOW WILL END EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS ALL OF MINNESOTA BY NOON...AND INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...ARE LIKELY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON... OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA. EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED DEPENDING ON VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MNZ047-048-054>057-064-065-073-040000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1010 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. 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. && $$ MNZ058-066-067-074>076-082>085-091>093-040000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.150303T1700Z-150304T0300Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1010 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY NOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041>044-049-050-040000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 1010 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH THE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING 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. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-040000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1010 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JLT
403 WWUS43 KMPX 031807 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1207 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL TO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...ARE LIKELY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO HUTCHINSON... OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA. EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY DEPENDING ON VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MNZ047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>085-091>093-040215- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1207 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER WITHIN CITY LIMITS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041>044-049-050-040215- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 1207 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH THE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-040215- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-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...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1207 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE IN OPEN AREAS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ JLT
273 WWUS43 KMPX 031852 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1252 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL LEAD TO PERIODIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MN. ELSEWHERE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LESS WIDESPREAD...BUT COULD CAUSE A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. MNZ058-066-067-074>076-082>085-091>093-040300- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1252 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 9 PM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT WITH PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL SLICK SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ047-048-054>057-064-065-073-040000- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1252 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 6 PM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF TRAVELING...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ041>044-049-050-040300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 1252 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 9 PM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH THE BLOWING SNOW AND PATCHY SLICK SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ045-051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-040300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-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...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT... RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1252 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 9 PM. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ JRB
249 WWUS43 KMPX 032037 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...BLOWING SNOW THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... ...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS WILL LEAD TO PERIODIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS BEFORE THE STRONG WIND BEGINS TO DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET. ELSEWHERE...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LESS WIDESPREAD...BUT COULD CAUSE A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO...AND WITH THE CONTINUED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO ST CLOUD AND RUSH CITY. MNZ047-048-054>057-064-040445- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0010.150303T2037Z-150304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING BELOW -25 AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH 6 PM DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ065-073-040445- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH 6 PM DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-058-059-040445- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 032145- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0300Z/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ041-040445- /O.NEW.KMPX.WC.Y.0016.150304T0600Z-150304T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150304T0000Z/ DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALEXANDRIA 237 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH 6 PM DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * MAIN IMPACT...EXPOSED SKIN COULD FREEZE IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. WHEN VENTURING OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:58 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:08 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 37 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.