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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 404 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST AND OVERTAKES THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TYPES RANGING FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-055-200615- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 404 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNDAY MORNING AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SOME MIX OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS ALSO EXPECTED...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * VERY POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY ON SUNDAY WHEN THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED. * THE SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BE WET AND HEAVY...MAKING IT SLIPPERY AND MORE DIFFICULT TO MOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNINGS MEAN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL TOUGH...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 404 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS THIS PRECIPITATION MOVES NORTHEAST AND OVERTAKES THE ENTIRE AREA SUNDAY...WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TYPES RANGING FROM RAIN TO SLEET TO SNOW. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE LIKELY TO STAY IN COLDER AIR LONGER...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90 AND THE IOWA BORDER...SNOW WILL BE MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET OR EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICING. ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ANY SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ICING WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PLAN ON THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON MONDAY. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 TO 15 INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 90 NORTHWARD...AND 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061- 200615- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- CRAWFORD-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... PLATTEVILLE 404 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO SLEET... FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ON SUNDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LOOK FOR ALL PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AS THE SNOW MOVES THROUGH...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 353 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE PRECIPITATION MAY INITIALLY START AS SNOW TONIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE COULD EVEN BE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW PRIOR TO DAYBREAK. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. WARMER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LEAD TO A CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. IT APPEARS THAT SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY MID DAY SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THUS ENDING THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN. IF TRAVEL IS PLANNED ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST. ILZ003>006-200615- /O.UPG.KLOT.WS.A.0002.110220T0900Z-110221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.WS.W.0001.110220T0900Z-110220T2100Z/ WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK... WAUKEGAN 353 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A PERIOD OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SLEET THEN FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING ENDING THE THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN CAN LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN LEAD TO FALLING TREE LIMBS AND CAN BRING DOWN POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 320 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS TO BEGIN IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY.... .WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN POSTED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO LE SUEUR...TO OWATONNA. THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE UNDER THE WARNING BEGINNING SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW REMAINS LIKELY IN A WIDE BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO ST CLOUD...TO CAMBRIDGE...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH WILL SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS GREATER THAN 10 INCHES. AREAS FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...FAIRIBAULT...THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES...AND EAU CLAIRE COULD PICK UP NEAR A FOOT OF SNOW. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO MORA. IN ADDITION...AREAS ALONG THE IOWA BORDER CAN EXPECT SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IOWA BORDER. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. EXPECT THE WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LAST AT LEAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE LATEST WEATHER MODELS HAVE INDICATED A SLOWER SOLUTION WITH THIS SYSTEM EXITING MONDAY MORNING. SO...THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL COULD LAST LONGER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH NOON MONDAY. THE CENTER OF THIS STORM SYSTEM SHOULD TRACK OUT OF SOUTHERN NEBRASKA REACHING THE DES MOINES AREA EARLY SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS TRACK IS FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS OUR WARNED AREA. THERE MAY BE SUFFICIENT WARM AIR SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. MNZ041>045-047>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-200600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ 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-MCLEOD- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-RICE-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...HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 320 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW DURING SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MORA. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JLT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 320 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS TO BEGIN IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND THEN OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY.... .WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN POSTED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO LE SUEUR...TO OWATONNA. THE REST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL BE UNDER THE WARNING BEGINNING SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW REMAINS LIKELY IN A WIDE BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO ST CLOUD...TO CAMBRIDGE...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH WILL SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS GREATER THAN 10 INCHES. AREAS FROM GRANITE FALLS...TO HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...FAIRIBAULT...THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES...AND EAU CLAIRE COULD PICK UP NEAR A FOOT OF SNOW. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO MORA. IN ADDITION...AREAS ALONG THE IOWA BORDER CAN EXPECT SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY BEFORE TURNING TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IOWA BORDER. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. EXPECT THE WINDS TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LAST AT LEAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE LATEST WEATHER MODELS HAVE INDICATED A SLOWER SOLUTION WITH THIS SYSTEM EXITING MONDAY MORNING. SO...THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL COULD LAST LONGER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH NOON MONDAY. THE CENTER OF THIS STORM SYSTEM SHOULD TRACK OUT OF SOUTHERN NEBRASKA REACHING THE DES MOINES AREA EARLY SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS TRACK IS FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS OUR WARNED AREA. THERE MAY BE SUFFICIENT WARM AIR SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE GROUND FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. MNZ064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-200600- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0013.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 320 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING PART OF THE DAY SUNDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE APPEAR LIKELY...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 301 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 MNZ038-WIZ006>009-200500- /O.UPG.KDLH.WS.A.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDLH.WS.W.0003.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ PINE-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINCKLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER... HAYWARD...PHILLIPS 301 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING AND LOCATION: SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS PINE...BURNETT...WASHBURN...SAWYER AND PRICE COUNTIES. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MOST OF SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS THE SNOW STARTS TO PILE UP. VISIBILITIES IN BOTH BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SPOTS. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS ALONG WITH LOW VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 220 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR SURGING NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CLASH WITH COLDER AIR IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME. FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WOULD THEN SEE A CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A TIME AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER INCH. AREAS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO WISCONSIN DELLS LINE MAY REMAIN ALL SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WOULD BE LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS...WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER IN THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD HAVE RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. WIZ046-047-051-052-057>060-200430- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110222T0000Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON 220 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO BARABOO LINE IN THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 15 INCHES...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO BARABOO LINE. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA...WITH DECENT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 220 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR SURGING NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CLASH WITH COLDER AIR IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME. FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WOULD THEN SEE A CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A TIME AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER INCH. AREAS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO WISCONSIN DELLS LINE MAY REMAIN ALL SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WOULD BE LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS...WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER IN THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD HAVE RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. WIZ064>066-070>072-200430- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110222T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 220 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW LATE TONIGHT... THEN CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN OR ALL RAIN FOR A TIME MID SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW IS LIKELY LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES...THE LESSER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE ILLINOIS BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH ONE QUARTER INCH IN SOME AREAS. * WINDS...EAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY...BECOMING NORTHEAST TO 30 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA... DUE TO SNOW AND POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW DURING THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COLLAR/DAVIS
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 220 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR SURGING NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CLASH WITH COLDER AIR IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME. FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WOULD THEN SEE A CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A TIME AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER INCH. AREAS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO WISCONSIN DELLS LINE MAY REMAIN ALL SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WOULD BE LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS...WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER IN THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD HAVE RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. WIZ056-200430- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.110220T0900Z-110222T0000Z/ SAUK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BARABOO 220 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW LATE TONIGHT... THEN CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME MID SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW IS LIKELY LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 13 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH IN SOME AREAS. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA... DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW DURING THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 220 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY NIGHT. MILDER AND MORE MOIST AIR SURGING NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL CLASH WITH COLDER AIR IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY FOR A TIME. FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WOULD THEN SEE A CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY ALL RAIN FOR A TIME AS TEMPERATURES RISE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER INCH. AREAS NORTH OF A PORT WASHINGTON TO WISCONSIN DELLS LINE MAY REMAIN ALL SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT...WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. LATER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW WOULD BE LIKELY FOR ALL AREAS...WITH SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER IN THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS WITH THE TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. A SMALL CHANGE IN THE TRACK WOULD HAVE RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. WIZ062-063-067>069-200430- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.110220T0900Z-110222T0000Z/ IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 220 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START AS SNOW LATE TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE OVER FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN OR ALL RAIN FOR A TIME MID SUNDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW IS LIKELY LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES...THE LESSER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE ILLINOIS BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH ONE QUARTER INCH IN SOME AREAS. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA... DUE TO SNOW AND POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW DURING THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 208 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM EASTERN COLORADO TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 13 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH MAY CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN. WIZ018>020-030-031-035>037-045-200500- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0001.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ LINCOLN-LANGLADE-MENOMINEE-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA- WAUSHARA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU... WISCONSIN RAPIDS...STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA 208 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL DISRUPTION AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 208 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM EASTERN COLORADO TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 13 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH MAY CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN. WIZ038>040-048>050-200500- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0001.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0002.110220T1200Z-110221T1800Z/ OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 208 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL DISRUPTION AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 208 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM EASTERN COLORADO TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 13 INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS MIDDAY MONDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 35 TO 45 MPH MAY CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN. WIZ021-022-073-074-200500- /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0001.110220T1800Z-110221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0002.110220T1500Z-110221T1800Z/ NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STURGEON BAY...CRIVITZ 208 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL ARRIVE IN FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION. THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE AIR TRAVEL DISRUPTION AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511. && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1102 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS THE ROCKIES TODAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PULL OUT OF THE REGION BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUNDAY...BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY NIGHT. IAZ006-007-016-017-200115- /O.CON.KDMX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER... MASON CITY 1102 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. THE PREDOMINANT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS LIKELY TO BE PERIODS WHEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH BACK AND FORTH FROM A WINTRY MIX TO ALL RAIN DURING THE DAY SUNDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION SWITCHES TO ALL SNOW BY AROUND SUNSET SUNDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A QUARTER OF INCH TO AROUND A HALF INCH AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO ICE COVERED ROADS MAKING TRAVELING VERY HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION...ICE WILL LIKELY COVER TREES AND POWER LINES LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
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