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Winter Weather Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 1, 2017, 3:40 AM CST for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 42 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 1, 2017, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2017, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 1, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 17 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
824 WWUS43 KMPX 010940 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 340 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... .A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 FROM MORA TO THE TWIN CITIES TO ALBERT LEA FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MONTEVIDEO TO LITCHFIELD TO TWIN CITIES LINE. TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE...LESS MIXED PRECIPITATION AND A LONGER DURATION OF SNOWFALL WILL YIELD HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL FALL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH BLOWING SNOW BECOMING POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. MNZ041-042-047-048-011745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD 340 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM MONDAY AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>052-011745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0300Z-170103T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE 340 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM MONDAY AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ054>070-073>077-082>085-091>093-011745- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0600Z-170103T0000Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 340 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A GLAZE ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
287 WWUS43 KMPX 011639 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1039 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND MONDAY... .A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 FROM MORA TO THE TWIN CITIES TO ALBERT LEA FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MONTEVIDEO TO LITCHFIELD TO TWIN CITIES LINE. TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE...LESS MIXED PRECIPITATION AND A LONGER DURATION OF SNOWFALL WILL YIELD HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH BLOWING SNOW BECOMING POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. MNZ054>056-064-020045- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS 1039 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 PM TONIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW MUCH OF THE DAY MONDAY BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW RETURNS MONDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES AND A GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ057-058-065-073-020045- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0300Z-170103T1200Z/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA... REDWOOD FALLS 1039 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM TONIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING...WITH A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW MUCH OF THE DAY MONDAY BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW RETURNS MONDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES AND A GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-020045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD 1039 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM MONDAY AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>052-020045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0300Z-170103T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE 1039 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM MONDAY AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * 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. && $$ MNZ059>063-066>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-020045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0600Z-170103T0000Z/ WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1039 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A GLAZE ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$
122 WWUS43 KMPX 012127 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 327 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY... .A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MONTEVIDEO TO LITCHFIELD TO TWIN CITIES LINE. TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE...LESS MIXED PRECIPITATION AND A LONGER DURATION OF SNOWFALL WILL YIELD HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH BLOWING SNOW BECOMING POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. MNZ053-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-020530- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T2100Z-170103T0600Z/ CHISAGO-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...RED WING...OSCEOLA... RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 327 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ059>063-066>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-020530- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0600Z-170103T0600Z/ WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 327 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND 6 PM MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A GLAZE ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-020530- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 327 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * 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. && $$ MNZ043>045-049>052-057-058-065-073-020530- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0300Z-170103T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 327 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$
264 WWUS43 KMPX 020240 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 840 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED AREA WIDE MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO ST CLOUD AND CAMBRIDGE. UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THAT LINE. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. BLOWING SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. MNZ051-052-059>063-066>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-021045- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T1200Z-170103T0600Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 840 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING...DIMINISHING IN THE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-021045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 840 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ043>045-049-050-057-058-065-073-021045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T0300Z-170103T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST CLOUD...FOLEY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 840 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ053-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-021045- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T2100Z-170103T0600Z/ CHISAGO-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...RED WING...OSCEOLA... RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 840 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING IN THE EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 2 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ BORGHOFF
368 WWUS43 KMPX 020906 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 306 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY... .SNOW AND FLURRIES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW AREA WIDE TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 5 INCH TOTALS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO ST CLOUD AND CAMBRIDGE. UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THAT LINE. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. BLOWING SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. MNZ078-021800- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T1500Z-170103T0600Z/ GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RED WING 306 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. * THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. * TOTAL WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * THE ICE MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-021800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 306 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO CONTINUE...DIMINISHING AROUND 6 AM TUESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A LIGHT ICING ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. * THE ICE MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ051-052-059>063-066>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-021800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T1200Z-170103T0600Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 306 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP AROUND 6 AM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. * TOTAL WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A LIGHT ICING ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * THE ICE MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ053-WIZ014>016-023>028-021800- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T2100Z-170103T0600Z/ CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 306 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * EXPECT A WINTRY MIX TO DEVELOP AROUND 3 PM AND THEN DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT. * TOTAL WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A LIGHT ICING ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. * THE ICE MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$
834 WWUS43 KMPX 021757 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1157 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SNOW AND FLURRIES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW AREA WIDE TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 5 INCH TOTALS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO ST CLOUD AND CAMBRIDGE. UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THAT LINE. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. BLOWING SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-030200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1157 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ078-030200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RED WING 1157 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TOTAL WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH AND MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * THE ICE AND LIGHT SNOW MAY RESULT IN SLICK ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ053-WIZ014>016-023>028-030200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.170102T2100Z-170103T0600Z/ CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1157 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TOTAL WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AND LIGHT ICING ARE EXPECTED. * THE ICE AND SNOW MAY RESULT IN SLICK ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ051-052-059>063-066>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-030200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1157 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TOTAL WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH AND LIGHT ICING ARE EXPECTED. * THE ICE AND SNOW MAY RESULT IN SLICK ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$
194 WWUS43 KMPX 030217 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 817 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... .WIDESPREAD FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ARE BEING REPORTED WITH VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MEANWHILE...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA WHERE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE. SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AS WEST WINDS BEGIN GUSTING TO 35 MPH. MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-031030- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...RED WING... OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 817 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * VERY SLICK ROADS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ARE BEING REPORTED THIS EVENING. DIFFICULT TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-031030- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 817 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND A GLAZE OF ICE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ MNZ074>077-082>085-091>093-030600- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T0600Z/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 817 PM CST MON JAN 2 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL END LATE THIS EVENING * LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * VERY SLICK ROADS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS ARE BEING REPORTED THIS EVENING. DIFFICULT TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
521 WWUS43 KMPX 030920 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 320 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2017 ...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE DIMINISHING... .FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH SUNRISE...BUT UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE TEENS AND 20S. MNZ041>045-047>070-073-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-031200- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS... REDWOOD FALLS...RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 320 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH 6 AM. * ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A GLAZE ARE POSSIBLE. * THE ICE WILL RESULT IN VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON SIDEWALKS...ROADS AND BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ JLT
403 WWUS43 KMPX 031144 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 544 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2017 ...FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA... .FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS DIMINISHED...SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM. HOWEVER...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK. GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY...WITH SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ041>045-047>070-073-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-031245- /O.EXP.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170103T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- 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... REDWOOD FALLS...RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND... CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 544 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS DIMINISHED...SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM. HOWEVER...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SLICK. GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY...WITH SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Jan 1, 12:01 AM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 12:01 AM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1201 AM CST Sun Jan 1 2017 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday) Issued at 355 PM CST Sat Dec 31 2016 The presence of a surface ridge axis along with rising heights at h5 have conspired to give us a sunny end to 2016. Tonight, we'll see another clipper zip across southern Canada, but this one is going far enough north where any snowfall associated with it will be just dipping south of the international border, so we will remain dry through the night. However, we will see a cold front associated with the clipper drop down from the NW. Ahead of this front, we'll see a thermal ridge work up into the area tonight. This thermal ridge combined with mid level cloudiness coming in from the Dakotas will result in steady temperatures tonight. We will start dry Sunday, but the first of many upper shortwaves will be approaching us from the southwest in the afternoon. This feature is currently down in the four corners and will be heading our direction as it begins to get ingested into the deep, positively tilted northern stream trough that will be working into the NW CONUS Sunday. Strong warm air and moisture advection at the h7 level will result in a band of precip coming up out of eastern Nebraska Sunday morning and into western MN/eastern SD by late in the afternoon. Still lots of spread with how quickly this batch of precip gets up this direction, which is why we cap pops in the chance category. Looking at p-type, this looks to be all snow, with thermal profiles more than cold enough to support snow, while the arrival of moisture deep enough to generate drizzle looks to coincide with arrival of moisture deep enough to support the generation of ice. .LONG TERM...(Sunday night through Saturday) Issued at 355 PM CST Sat Dec 31 2016 North Dakota and northern Minnesota are the favored locations for the best snow band MON-TUE. Locally, light snow and/or a light rain, drizzle mix seems more likely at this point. Cold air still on tap next week. Well, we're a day closer to the Monday-Tuesday precipitation event and the confidence in snow totals, ice totals or even amount of liquid isn't much higher than where we were a day ago. We are more confident that areas such as the Twin Cities, St. Cloud and Eau Claire won't end up with significant snowfall totals. The NAM and ECMWF solutions are more alike than the GFS. The NAM/ECMWF have a weaker system that is farther southeast. So, temperatures are cooler and the temperature profile is more supportive of snow - but total liquid is fairly light (0.05"-0.15"). The GFS has a sharper trough, deeper surface cyclone and a storm track that is farther west. This scenario introduces more QPF, but the temperature profile would favor more of a rain/wintry mix across the southern half of Minnesota and western Wisconsin - with the swath of heaviest snow across North Dakota into northern MN. The differences in the upper jet are subtle when comparing the GFS and ECMWF, but by Monday morning, the 850-500mb trough is much deeper off the GFS and the moisture advection and lift are much stronger. The difference stems from the transition of split flow to positively tilted trough - the GFS seems to gather more vorticity from the southern stream of the split, which leads to a sharper 500mb wave. The GFS is also a bit slower, with the NAM/ECMWF being weaker and faster with the wave. It looks like most of the area will see light snow, possibly freezing drizzle by Monday morning - but we are not very impressed with the amount of lift and the entire column doesn't remain saturated through Monday. That could mean patchy drizzle, or it could mean the precipitation will simply stop for several hours. MOS guidance suggests an extended period of sub zero temperatures across portions of central MN WED-FRI, with the rest of the local area only mustering single digit highs during this time. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Sunday night) Issued at 1201 AM CST Sun Jan 1 2017 VFR conditions expected through much of Sunday. Mid level cloud is exiting to the east late this evening with clear skies through early Sunday. Then, increasing clouds expected again late Sunday with some snow across western MN Sunday night. KMSP...No concerns. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ Mon...MVFR/IFR. Chc -SN/_FZDZ. Wind E 5-10 kts. Tue...MVFR Chc IFR. Chance -SN. Wind NW 10-20 kts. Wed...Chc MVFR cigs. Wind WNW 5-10 kts. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...None. MN...None. && SHORT TERM...MPG LONG TERM...CLF AVIATION...BORGHOFF
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 3:50 PM CST, 11 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 350 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2016 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 012200- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 350 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SNOW WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY EVENING WITH CHANCES OF SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AREA WIDE. PRECIPITATION MAY TURN TO RAIN FOR A TIME LATE MONDAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING OFF TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN LATER NEXT WEEK. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.