Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm warning at Nov 17, 2016, 3:44 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 18, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 9 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
- Nov 17, 2016, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Nnw Hewitt, MN | COCORAHS STATION HEWITT 1NNW /MN-TD-4/. |
| Nov 18, 11:39 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Little Falls, MN | . |
| Nov 18, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Staples, MN | . |
| Nov 18, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sw Little Falls, MN | SNOWFALL IN PAST 5.5 HOURS. |
| Nov 18, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Sauk Rapids, MN | . |
| Nov 18, 4:42 PM CST | SNOW 11 | Long Prairie, MN | . |
| Nov 18, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 12.2 | 7 Nnw Swanville, MN | COCORAHS STATION SWANVILLE 6NW /MN-TD-7/. |
| Nov 18, 5:05 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 Nw Foreston, MN | |
| Nov 18, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 1 Sw Little Falls, MN | SNOWFALL LAST 9 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH 7. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 536 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 754 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
872 WWUS43 KMPX 170944 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM AIMING TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY MORNING - BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT... .WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER DOUGLAS...TODD...AND MORRISON CONTINUES. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE...ANY SLIGHT DEVIATION IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FORECAST CHANGES NEAR THE TIGHT GRADIENT. WINDS WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO WILLMAR AND ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG...AND INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS...AND LONG PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND MANKATO. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-171900- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM FRIDAY...THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ057-065-073-171900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AND 9 AM FRIDAY...THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ042-043-049-050-058-171900- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES AND LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...INCLUDING DURING BOTH COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ044-045-171900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AND 10 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-074>077-082>084-091-171900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT 344 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. IF MORE SNOW FALLS THAN IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ BORGHOFF
9 follow-up statements
953 WWUS43 KMPX 171715 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1115 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM AIMING TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY MORNING - BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT... .WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA...BUT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER DOUGLAS...TODD...AND MORRISON CONTINUES. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE...ANY SLIGHT DEVIATION IN THE EXPECTED STORM TRACK WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL FORECAST CHANGES NEAR THE TIGHT GRADIENT. WINDS WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. THESE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO WILLMAR AND ALEXANDRIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG...AND INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS...AND LONG PRAIRIE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND MANKATO. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-180100- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1115 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ057-065-073-180100- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1115 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AND 9 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-058-180100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD 1115 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES AND LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...INCLUDING DURING BOTH MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-074>077-082>084-091-180100- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT 1115 AM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. IF MORE SNOW FALLS THAN IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
979 WWUS43 KMPX 172158 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 358 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM FRIDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO WILLMAR AND ALEXANDRIA. THIS AREA WILL SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS T0 50 MPH COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH TRAVEL BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TO THE EAST OF THE BLIZZARD AREA...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT WHERE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESSER. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS...AND LONG PRAIRIE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND MANKATO. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER DOUGLAS...TODD...AND MORRISON CONTINUES. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST...WITH AROUND ONE INCH EXPECTED IN EASTERN PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ070-077-084-172300- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ DAKOTA-RICE-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...WASECA 358 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WINDY CONDITIONS AND MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED HOWEVER. $$ MNZ042-049-058-180600- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-STEARNS-MEEKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST CLOUD...LITCHFIELD 358 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD COUNTY. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-180600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 358 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 3 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ057-065-073-180600- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 358 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST KANDIYOHI AND FAR NORTHWEST RENVILLE COUNTIES. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ043>045-050-180600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 358 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY..LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>069-074>076-082-083-091-180600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 358 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
830 WWUS43 KMPX 180255 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 855 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM FRIDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO WILLMAR AND ALEXANDRIA. THIS AREA WILL SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS T0 50 MPH COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH TRAVEL BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TO THE EAST OF THE BLIZZARD AREA...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT WHERE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESSER. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS...AND LONG PRAIRIE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND MANKATO. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER DOUGLAS...TODD...AND MORRISON CONTINUES. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST...WITH AROUND ONE INCH EXPECTED IN EASTERN PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-181200- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T0900Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 855 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ042-049-057-058-065-073-181200- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 855 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD COUNTY. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ043>045-050-181200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 855 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 AM FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY..LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>069-074>076-082-083-091-181200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 855 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST FRIDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON FRIDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 6 PM FRIDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
144 WWUS43 KMPX 181021 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 421 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...SNOW IS QUICKLY DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY MID MORNING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LONG PRAIRIE. THIS AREA WILL SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS T0 55 MPH COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH TRAVEL BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. EAST OF THE BLIZZARD AREA...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MORRISON...BENTON...MILLE LACS...AND KANABEC COUNTIES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND MANKATO. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER DOUGLAS...TODD...AND MORRISON CONTINUES. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED IN EASTERN PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-181900- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 421 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING BOTH COMMUTES. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ042-049-057-058-065-073-181900- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 421 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD COUNTY. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ043>045-050-181900- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 421 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR FROM MID MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY..LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ WIZ014-181900- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ POLK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSCEOLA 421 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 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 FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EXPECT RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND NOON TODAY AND THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>069-074>076-082-083-091-181900- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 421 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND NOON TODAY AND THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ BORGHOFF
078 WWUS43 KMPX 181032 CCA WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 432 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...SNOW IS QUICKLY DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA... ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY MID MORNING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LONG PRAIRIE. THIS AREA WILL SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS T0 55 MPH COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH TRAVEL BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. EAST OF THE BLIZZARD AREA...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MORRISON...BENTON...MILLE LACS...AND KANABEC COUNTIES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND MANKATO. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER DOUGLAS...TODD...AND MORRISON COUNTIES. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED IN EASTERN PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-181900- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 432 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING BOTH COMMUTES. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ042-049-057-058-065-073-181900- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 432 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD COUNTY. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ043>045-050-181900- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.161118T1200Z-161119T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 432 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR FROM MID MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY..LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ WIZ014-181900- /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ POLK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSCEOLA 432 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EXPECT RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND NOON TODAY AND THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>069-074>076-082-083-091-181900- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.161118T1800Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 432 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND NOON TODAY AND THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ BORGHOFF
974 WWUS43 KMPX 181811 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1211 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...SNOW IS QUICKLY DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA... ... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY MID MORNING... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LONG PRAIRIE. THIS AREA WILL SEE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS T0 55 MPH COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH TRAVEL BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. EAST OF THE BLIZZARD AREA...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MORRISON...BENTON...MILLE LACS...AND KANABEC COUNTIES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND MANKATO. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...RAIN AND SOME SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER DOUGLAS...TODD...AND MORRISON COUNTIES. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST... WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED IN EASTERN PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1211 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ042-049-057-058-065-073-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1211 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD COUNTY. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ043>045-050-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 1211 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR INTO MID AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY...LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>069-074>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...OSCEOLA 1211 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT RAIN AND SOME SLEET TO TRANSITION TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
672 WWUS43 KMPX 181820 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1220 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING... ... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MAINLY WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LONG PRAIRIE. THIS AREA WILL SEE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS T0 55 MPH COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH TRAVEL BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. EAST OF THE BLIZZARD AREA...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MORRISON...BENTON...MILLE LACS...AND KANABEC COUNTIES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND MANKATO. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...RAIN AND SOME SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND LAKE MILLE LACS WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER DOUGLAS...TODD...AND MORRISON COUNTIES. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE EAST... WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED IN EASTERN PARTS OF THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1220 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ042-049-057-058-065-073-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1220 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN TODD COUNTY. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ043>045-050-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 1220 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR INTO MID AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY...LIGHTEST AMOUNTS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WARNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>069-074>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...OSCEOLA 1220 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT RAIN AND SOME SLEET TO TRANSITION TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
325 WWUS43 KMPX 190116 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 716 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...SNOW TAPERS OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING...BUT WINDS REMAIN BLUSTERY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE ALTHOUGH BRISK WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-190230- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 716 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ MNZ042-049-057-058-065-073-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 716 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING...ENDING BY 9 PM. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. TREE BRANCHES COULD FALL AS WELL. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF INCH. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 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. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ043>045-050-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 716 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE...DIMINISHING AROUND 9 PM. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>069-074>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...OSCEOLA 716 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE...DIMINISHING AROUND 9 PM. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. TREE BRANCHES COULD FALL AS WELL. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$
907 WWUS43 KMPX 190249 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 849 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...SNOW CONTINUES TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING... .VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID TEENS TO MID 20S RANGE. MNZ042-049-057-058-065-073-190400- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ TODD-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 849 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID TEENS TO MID 20S RANGE. $$ MNZ043>045-050-190400- /O.EXP.KMPX.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY 849 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID TEENS TO MID 20S RANGE. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066>069-074>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-190400- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-161119T0300Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...ST JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...OSCEOLA 849 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID TEENS TO MID 20S RANGE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:44 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope and 7 more | 41 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:44 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 15 more | 41 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:12 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Rice, Steele and 1 more | 32 hr |
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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.