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Winter Weather Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 6, 2016, 3:09 PM CST for 38 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 7, 2016, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2016, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2016, 4:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2016, 5:55 PM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 38 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
884 WWUS43 KMPX 062109 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 309 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY... .A BLIZZARD WATCH CONTINUES FOR WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH IS LOCATED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ALBERT LEA. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND COMBINED WITH FALLING LIGHT SNOW AND EXTENSIVE SNOWPACK MAY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY AND ROAD CLOSURES MAY BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS EAST OF THE BLIZZARD WATCH FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE WIND COMBINED WITH FALLING LIGHT SNOW AND EXTENSIVE SNOWPACK WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINDS INCREASE. MNZ042>045-049-050-070515- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160207T1800Z-160208T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 309 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... 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 SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON SUNDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM SUNDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * 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. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-070515- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160207T2100Z-160208T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING 309 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ085-070515- /O.EXB.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.160207T2100Z-160208T1800Z/ STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OWATONNA 309 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH COULD CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ041-047-048-055-070515- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.160207T1800Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 309 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH COULD CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ066-067-074>076-082>084-091>093-070515- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.160207T2100Z-160208T1800Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 309 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH COULD CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ054-056>058-064-065-073-070515- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.160207T1800Z-160208T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 309 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH COULD CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ JLT
12 follow-up statements
227 WWUS43 KMPX 070253 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 853 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AND ALBERT LEA. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATES 35 AND 90. DEEP SNOW PACK AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLMAR...MADISON...BENSON...MORRIS...AND ALEXANDRIA. A LESS IMPRESSIVE SNOW PACK AND RAINFALL ON SATURDAY WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW TO MATERIALIZE LATE SUNDAY...DESPITE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND LIGHT SNOW. SCATTERED AREAS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND IF IT IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE NECESSARY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF THE WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ066-067-074>076-082>085-091>093-071200- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.160207T2100Z-160208T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.160207T2100Z-160208T1800Z/ MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 853 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AFTER 3 PM SUNDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. $$ MNZ065-073-071200- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.160207T1800Z-160208T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.160207T2100Z-160208T1800Z/ RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 853 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064-071200- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0002.160207T1800Z-160208T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0002.160207T1800Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS 853 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON SUNDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN AREAS WITH BETTER SNOW PACK. * PLAN ON VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-071200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160207T1800Z-160208T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 853 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND NOON SUNDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-071200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160207T2100Z-160208T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING 853 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 3 PM SUNDAY AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * 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. $$ BORGHOFF/JRB/REC
052 WWUS43 KMPX 070854 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 254 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO EARLY MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AND ALBERT LEA. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATES 35 AND 90. DEEP SNOW PACK AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLMAR...MADISON...BENSON... MORRIS...AND ALEXANDRIA. A LESS IMPRESSIVE SNOW PACK AND RAINFALL ON SATURDAY WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW TO MATERIALIZE LATER TODAY...DESPITE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND LIGHT SNOW. SCATTERED AREAS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND IF IT IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE NECESSARY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF THE WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ076-083>085-092-093-071700- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.160208T0100Z-160208T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 254 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$ MNZ065>067-073>075-082-091-071700- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.160207T2200Z-160208T1800Z/ RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 254 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$ MNZ041-047-048-055-071700- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.160207T2000Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 254 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN AREAS WITH BETTER SNOW PACK. * PLAN ON VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ054-056>058-064-071700- /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0002.160207T2200Z-160208T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS 254 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN AREAS WITH BETTER SNOW PACK. * PLAN ON VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-071700- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160207T2200Z-160208T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 254 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-071700- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160208T0100Z-160208T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING 254 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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. $$ JRB
565 WWUS43 KMPX 071611 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1011 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...PERIODIC WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TODAY INTO EARLY MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AND ALBERT LEA. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATES 35 AND 90. DEEP SNOW PACK AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLMAR...MADISON...BENSON... MORRIS...AND ALEXANDRIA. A LESS IMPRESSIVE SNOW PACK AND RAINFALL ON SATURDAY WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW TO MATERIALIZE LATER TODAY...DESPITE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND LIGHT SNOW. SCATTERED AREAS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND IF IT IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE NECESSARY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF THE WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ076-083>085-092-093-080015- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.160208T0100Z-160208T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1011 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$ MNZ065>067-073>075-082-091-080015- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.160207T2200Z-160208T1800Z/ RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1011 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$ MNZ041-047-048-055-080015- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.160207T2000Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 1011 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN AREAS WITH BETTER SNOW PACK. * PLAN ON VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ054-056>058-064-080015- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.160207T2200Z-160208T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS 1011 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN AREAS WITH BETTER SNOW PACK. * PLAN ON VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL. 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. $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-080015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160207T2200Z-160208T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 1011 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-080015- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160208T0100Z-160208T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING 1011 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 7 PM THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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. $$
582 WWUS43 KMPX 071859 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1259 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DELAYED A FEW HOURS... ...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS STILL EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AND ALBERT LEA. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATES 35 AND 90. HOWEVER...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING. DEEP SNOW PACK AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLMAR...MADISON...BENSON... MORRIS...AND ALEXANDRIA. A LESS IMPRESSIVE SNOW PACK AND RAINFALL ON SATURDAY WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW TO MATERIALIZE LATER TODAY...DESPITE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND LIGHT SNOW. SCATTERED AREAS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND IF IT IS MORE WIDESPREAD THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE NECESSARY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF THE WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ065>067-073>075-082-091-080300- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.160208T0100Z-160208T1800Z/ RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 1259 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 7 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. 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. $$ MNZ076-083>085-092-093-080300- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.160208T0100Z-160208T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1259 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 7 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. 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. $$ MNZ041-047-048-055-080300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.160207T2000Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 1259 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 2 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ054-056>058-064-080300- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.160207T2200Z-160208T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS 1259 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 4 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. 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. $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-080300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160207T2200Z-160208T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 1259 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 4 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-080300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160208T0100Z-160208T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING 1259 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 7 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * 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. $$ JLT
907 WWUS43 KMPX 080221 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 821 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS STILL EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AND ALBERT LEA. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATES 35 AND 90. EXISTING SNOW AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLMAR...MADISON...BENSON... MORRIS...AND ALEXANDRIA. A LESS IMPRESSIVE SNOW PACK AND RAINFALL ON SATURDAY WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW TO MATERIALIZE LATER TODAY...DESPITE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND LIGHT SNOW. SCATTERED AREAS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF THE WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ076-083>085-092-093-081200- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 821 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 10 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. 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. $$ MNZ065>067-073>075-082-091-081200- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 821 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AROUND 10 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND NOON MONDAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. 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. $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064-081200- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS 821 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ042>045-049-050-081200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 821 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * 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. $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-081200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING 821 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
807 WWUS43 KMPX 080947 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 347 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. MNZ065>067-075-076-084-085-081800- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...WASECA...OWATONNA 347 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH NOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064-081800- /O.CAN.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS 347 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH NOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ073-074-082-083-091>093-081800- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 347 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AROUND NOON TODAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. 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. $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-081800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...FARIBAULT...RED WING 347 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH NOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ JRB
497 WWUS43 KMPX 081519 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 919 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING EXTENDED IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 6 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM AND BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON. WIND GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. MNZ073-074-082-091-090000- /O.EXT.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT 919 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. 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. $$ MNZ083-092-093-081800- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 919 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AROUND NOON TODAY. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ041>045-047>070-075>078-084-085-081800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA 919 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH NOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND 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. && $$ JLT
626 WWUS43 KMPX 081611 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1011 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 PM... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH 6 PM ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 6 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM AND BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON. WIND GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 6 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO LITCHFIELD...TO NEW PRAGUE...SOUTH TO ALBERT LEA DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON FOR AREAS EAST OF THIS LINE. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MNZ083-092-093-090000- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160208T1800Z-160209T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1011 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND 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. && $$ MNZ073-074-082-091-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT 1011 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. 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. $$ MNZ047-048-054>058-064>069-075>077-084-085-090000- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...WASECA...OWATONNA 1011 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ041>045-049>053-059>063-070-078-081800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HASTINGS...RED WING 1011 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH NOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND 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. && $$ JLT
254 WWUS43 KMPX 081759 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1159 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 PM... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH 6 PM ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM AND BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO LITCHFIELD...TO NEW PRAGUE...SOUTH TO ALBERT LEA DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MNZ083-092-093-090000- /O.EXP.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.160208T1800Z-160209T0000Z/ BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1159 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ041>045-049>053-059>063-070-078-081900- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160208T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA- GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HASTINGS...RED WING 1159 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... $$ MNZ073-074-082-091-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT 1159 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ047-048-054>058-064>069-075>077-084-085-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...WASECA...OWATONNA 1159 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND 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. && $$ JLT
547 WWUS43 KMPX 081810 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1210 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 PM... ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH 6 PM ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM AND BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. DIFFICULT TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO LITCHFIELD...TO NEW PRAGUE...SOUTH TO ALBERT LEA DUE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MNZ073-074-082-091-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT 1210 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. 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. $$ MNZ047-048-054>058-064>069-075>077-083>085-092-093-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1210 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN IN INCH EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND 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. && $$
051 WWUS43 KMPX 082147 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 347 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM AND BLUE EARTH MINNESOTA. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM GLENWOOD TO LITCHFIELD...TO NEW PRAGUE...SOUTH TO ALBERT LEA DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGHS AS 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. MNZ073-074-082-091-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT 347 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW. * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ047-048-054>058-064>069-075>077-083>085-092-093-090000- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 347 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. * PLAN ON REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES AND 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. && $$ JLT
663 WWUS43 KMPX 082355 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 555 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINDS REMAIN GUST... BUT CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY... BUT THEY ARE NO LONGER SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REMAIN... SO EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER... WITH THE IMPROVED CONDITIONS THE BLIZZARD WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WHICH WERE IN EFFECT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MNZ073-074-082-091-090100- /O.CAN.KMPX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES... FAIRMONT 555 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ MNZ047-048-054>058-064>069-075>077-083>085-092-093-090100- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 555 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Feb 6, 11:28 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 11:28 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1128 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2016
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 500 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2016
THE FOCUS OF THIS FORECAST WAS THE INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR A
GROUND BLIZZARDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. AS IS USUALLY
THE CASE...SEVERITY HINGES ON BOTH SNOWFALL AND THE SNOWPACK...BUT
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT IMPACTS WILL BE HIGH...IN THE FORM
OF CLOSED ROADS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MN. FOR THAT
REASON EXPANDED THE BLIZZARD WATCH A FEW COUNTIES EAST.
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY TOGETHER WITH GFS 500MB HEIGHTS
AND WINDS SHOWED LOW AMPLITUDE ZONAL FLOW UPSTREAM OF THE
MIDWEST THROUGH THE GULF OF ALASKA. WITHIN THIS PATTERN WAS A
POTENT PV ANOMALY ACROSS THE IDAHO PANHANDLE. OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS...THIS OPEN WAVE WILL TAKE ON A NEGATIVE TILT AND BECOME A
CUTOFF UPPER LEVEL LOW. THE SURFACE REFLECTION WILL TRACK ALONG
THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER TOWARD NORTHERN MINNESOTA SETTING THE
STAGE FOR COLD AIR ADVECTION AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE RED RIVER
AND MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEYS. THESE TYPES OF SETUPS FAVOR BOUNDARY
LAYER MIXING...STRONG WINDS...AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEPENDING ON
THE SNOWPACK.
THE DETERRENTS FOR ACHIEVING A HIGH END BLIZZARD WITH THIS EVENT
ARE FEW. FIRST OF ALL...THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
WILL RAISE TEMPS INTO THE MID 30S ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL
SLIGHTLY MODIFY THE SNOWPACK...BUT OFTEN THE DEGREE OF MELTING IS
OVER ESTIMATED. FOR EXAMPLE...JANUARY 29 2008 SURFACE TEMPS WARMED
NEAR 40 WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 30S AND RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN
MN...YET AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH WITH 40-50 MPH WINDS
AND A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPED. ALBERT LEA WAS LESS THAN 1/4
MI FOR 7 CONSECUTIVE HOURS AND I-90 WAS CLOSED. JANUARY 25 2010
TEMPS STARTED IN THE MID 30S ACROSS IOWA...BUT WINDS INCREASED
CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...CLOSING MOST ROADS
ACROSS THE STATE.
ANOTHER LIMITING FACTOR IS THE FACT THAT COLD AIR ADVECTION IS NOT
AS STRONG AS IN OTHER CASES...AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE
FORECAST WINDS OF 50+ KTS OFF THE BUFKIT SOUNDINGS MAY NOT TRULY BE
REALIZED. ESPECIALLY EARLY ON IN THE EVENT WHEN THE HIGHER WINDS
ARE SOMEWHAT INFLATED BY THE INSTABILITY THAT DEVELOPS IN THE
SOUNDING. WITH THAT SAID...GUSTS OF 40+ KTS SEEM VERY REALISTIC...
AND THE DURATION IS ALSO CONCERNING. FOR THE REASON...EXPECTED THE
BLIZZARD WATCH EASTWARD AND EXTENDED THE TIME TO 18Z MONDAY. IN
REALITY...COULD SEE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ANOTHER TIER EASTWARD OF
COUNTIES...BUT WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT HANDLE THIS SINCE THE EVENT
IS STILL OVER A COUPLE DAYS OUT.
THE TAKEAWAY IS THIS...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THE BEST UTILITY
WHEN TRYING TO DIAGNOSE AND PREDICT A GROUND BLIZZARD. THE
SOUNDINGS OFF BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW OVER 50+ KT GUSTS...BUT
THINK THAT A MORE REALISTIC VALUE WILL BE 40 TO 45 KT GUSTS. THIS
IS THE UPPER END WHEN COMPARED TO SOUNDINGS FROM PAST GROUND
BLIZZARDS. THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF FRESH SNOW FROM THE WINTER
STORM EARLIER THIS WEEK. ITS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE SNOWPACK WILL
MELT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ITSELF WITH THESE EXPECTED WINDS...NOT TO
MENTION ADDITIONAL FALLING SNOW OF AN INCH OR TWO AS THE THERMAL
PROFILE SATURATES IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE. IF THE NUMERICAL
MODELS REMAINS ON TRACK...A SIGNIFICANT GROUND BLIZZARD SHOULD
COME TO FRUITION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 500 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2016
THE PATTERN OF NW FLOW ALOFT WITH A TROF OVER THE ERN CONUS COAST
AND A RIDGE OVER THE WRN CONUS COAST WILL REMAIN STEADY THROUGHOUT
THE MIDDLE-TO-END OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL
FOR ANY LARGE SYSTEMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THUS A RATHER DRY
SEVERAL DAYS IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH PROMOTING EFFECTIVE COLD AIR
ADVECTION OF ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THE END
OF THE WEEK. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRES WILL DROP IN FROM CENTRAL
CANADA TUE- THU...MAKING FOR GENERALLY COLD BUT PARTLY CLOUDY
CONDITIONS. A WEAK TROF OF LOW PRES...POTENTIALLY EVOLVING INTO A
CDFNT...WILL DROP THRU THE REGION THU NIGHT INTO FRI MRNG. THIS
LOOKS TO BE THE ONLY CHC FOR MEASURABLE PRECIP THROUGHOUT THE
EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FCST...AND CHCS ARE NO HIGHER THAN 20
PERCENT ATTM. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS IN THE TEENS TO LWR 20S AND LOWS
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1125 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2016
HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR VFR CONDS THIS AFTN WITH S/SW WINDS AHEAD OF
THE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
AVIATION CONCERNS DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS MVFR AND -SHRA DEVELOP
IN WESTERN MN BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL DATA. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY
MENTION OF PRECIPITATION DUE TO THE VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE INITIALLY
BLW 5K IN WESTERN MN. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD
EASTWARD AND MAY AFFECT KSTC DURING THE MID/LATE EVENING WITH
FREEZING PRECIPITATION NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION BASED ON SFC TEMPS.
OTHERWISE...CONDS WILL DETERIORATE SUNDAY MORNING WITH WINDS
INCREASING FROM THE WEST/NW.
KMSP...
HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDS IN THE NEXT 6 HRS WITH WINDS
GENERALLY FROM THE SSW ARND 10-12 KTS. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND SHIFT TO THE SW/WEST TOWARD
MORNING. SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE MID/LATE
EVENING...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE IT. WILL
ALSO CONTINUE THE LLWS DUE TO INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS ABV THE
BOUNDARY LAYER. CONDS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE TOWARD THE END OF
THE TAF PERIOD WITH SNOW SHOWERS/BLOWING SNOW LIKELY SUNDAY AFTN.
WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST IN EXCESS OF 25 KTS BY SUNDAY AFTN.
/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
MON...CHC MVFR/IFR/-SN. WINDY. BLSN POSSIBLE. WIND NW 20G35KT.
TUE...VFR. WIND NW 10 KTS.
WED...VFR. WIND NW 5-10 KTS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR
MNZ041-047-048-055.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
MNZ054-056>058-064>067-073>076-082>084-091>093.
&&
SHORT TERM...JRB
LONG TERM...JPC
AVIATION...JLTHazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 1:24 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 124 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>076-082>084-091>093-071930- DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- 124 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS WINDS GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ042>045-049>053-059>063-068>070-077-078-085-WIZ014>016-023>028- 071930- TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- 124 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JLT
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Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2016Every winter weather advisory in 2016
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.