Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches in 2016
Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Mar 21, 2016, 3:48 PM CDT for 22 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 21, 2016, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 4:25 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 30 counties
Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
597 WWUS43 KMPX 212048 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 348 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM ARRIVES WEDNESDAY... .A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WATCH EXTENDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST. JAMES...TO MANKATO...TO RED WING...TO EAU CLAIRE. A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW TOTALING 6 TO 12 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA. THERE COULD BE SOME LOCATIONS THAT SEE IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY IN THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BUT TRANSITION TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION INCREASES AND THE AIR COOLS. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND ALONG I-35 IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ026-028-220500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T2100Z-160324T1400Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...DURAND...EAU CLAIRE 348 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
028 WWUS43 KMPX 220508 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1208 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM ARRIVES WEDNESDAY... ...MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO CONVERGE ON A MORE NORTHERLY SOLUTION... .A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WATCH EXTENDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST. JAMES...TO MANKATO...TO RED WING...TO EAU CLAIRE. A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW TOTALING 6 TO 12 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA. THERE COULD BE SOME LOCATIONS THAT SEE IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY IN THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BUT TRANSITION TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION INCREASES AND THE AIR COOLS. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I- 90 CORRIDOR AND ALONG I-35 IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THERE ARE SIGNS THE STORM MAY TRACK A BIT FURTHER NORTH AND UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT. MNZ076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ026-028-221315- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T2100Z-160324T1400Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...DURAND...EAU CLAIRE 1208 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ BORGHOFF
573 WWUS43 KMPX 220839 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 339 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM ARRIVES WEDNESDAY...MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO CONVERGE ON A MORE NORTHERLY SOLUTION... .A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM THAT WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE WATCH EXTENDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES...AND RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW TOTALING 6 TO 12 INCHES IS LIKELY IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA. THERE COULD BE SOME LOCATIONS THAT SEE IN EXCESS OF A FOOT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY IN THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BUT TRANSITION TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AS THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION INCREASES AND THE AIR COOLS BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND ALONG I-35 IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA....AND ALONG I-94 IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ060-062-063-067>070-073>075-WIZ015-016-023>025-027-221645- /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST PETER...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS 339 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MNZ076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ026-028-221645- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...DURAND...EAU CLAIRE 339 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
018 WWUS43 KMPX 222031 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 331 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ON HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL REACH. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TWIN CITIES AND NEW RICHMOND AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH REDWOOD FALLS AND NEW ULM FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH CONFIDENCE HIGHER FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE WARNING AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES THROUGH RED WING TO CORNELL IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... BUT QUICKLY TRANSITION TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY MID MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR AND ALONG I-35 IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA....AND ALONG I-94 IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IF THE HEAVIER SNOW REACHES INTO THE TWIN CITIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED AS WELL. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. WIZ015-016-222145- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH 331 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF THE AREA. $$ MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-230445- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 331 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ024>028-230445- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0003.160323T2000Z-160324T1400Z/ PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 331 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES...ESPECIALLY FROM DURAND TO AUGUSTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ065-066-230445- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ RENVILLE-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON 331 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ WIZ023-230445- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T2000Z-160324T1400Z/ ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HUDSON 331 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MNZ060-062-063-067>070-073>076-230445- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR 331 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
825 WWUS43 KMPX 230311 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1011 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ON HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW FAR NORTH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL REACH. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TWIN CITIES AND NEW RICHMOND AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON SOUTHWEST THROUGH REDWOOD FALLS AND NEW ULM FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WITH CONFIDENCE HIGHER FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE WARNING AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES THROUGH RED WING TO CORNELL IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... BUT QUICKLY TRANSITION TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY MID MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I- 90 CORRIDOR AND ALONG I-35 IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA....AND ALONG I- 94 IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IF THE HEAVIER SNOW REACHES INTO THE TWIN CITIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED AS WELL. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-231100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1011 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ024>028-231100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.160323T2000Z-160324T1400Z/ PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1011 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES...ESPECIALLY FROM DURAND TO AUGUSTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ060-062-063-065>070-073>076-231100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR 1011 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ WIZ023-231100- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T2000Z-160324T1400Z/ ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HUDSON 1011 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
279 WWUS43 KMPX 230925 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 425 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM AFFECTING MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY INTO THURSDAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MID MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MANKATO...TO RED WING. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES. HERE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TRAIL OFF RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH...BUT A GENERAL 2 TO 6 INCH TOTAL IS EXPECTED. A STRONG NORTHEAST TO NORTH WIND WILL DEVELOP INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE I90 CORRIDOR BY THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS A WINTRY MIX THIS MORNING...BUT A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW SHOULD OCCUR RAPIDLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MNZ074>076-231730- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1200Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR 425 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-231730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 425 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 NEAR ALBERT LEA. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WIZ024>028-231730- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.160323T2000Z-160324T1400Z/ PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 425 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE MORE THAN 12 INCHES...ESPECIALLY FROM DURAND TO AUGUSTA. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ060-062-063-065>070-073-231730- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T1500Z-160324T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.160323T1500Z-160324T1200Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS... REDWOOD FALLS 425 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WIZ023-231730- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.160323T2000Z-160324T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.160323T2000Z-160324T1400Z/ ST. CROIX- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HUDSON 425 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DWE
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.