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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 337 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...EXITING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW MOVES EASTWARD... PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE AIR SHOULD BE COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ALL SNOW GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WINDOM MINNESOTA...TO DELL RAPIDS SOUTH DAKOTA...AND INTO NORTHERN GREGORY COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA WILL ALSO SEE INCREASING NORTH WINDS...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH LIKELY ON SUNDAY...CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. THE TRANSITION ZONE FROM AROUND PARKSTON TO SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA...TO WINDOM MINNESOTA WILL SEE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW. MAINLY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY FROM YANKTON TO CANTON SOUTH DAKOTA...EAST TOWARD SPENCER AND SPIRIT LAKE IOWA. THIS AREA HAS THE GREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH...AND AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ICE STORM WARNING AREA...TO 8 TO 14 INCHES FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THE TRACK OF THE LOW IS CRITICAL FOR THESE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AND ANY SMALL DEVIATION OF THE LOW TRACK WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA. IAZ001-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-065>067-200545- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.110220T0900Z-110221T1200Z/ LYON-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 337 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM TONIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY...WITH SNOW CONTINUING SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...A TIGHT GRADIENT OF BOTH SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VIBORG AND CANTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO JACKSON MINNESOTA...UPWARDS TO 10 INCHES OR MORE NORTH AND WEST OF SIOUX FALLS. WHERE THE SNOWFALL IS LESS...THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF THAT VIBORG TO CANTON TO JACKSON MINNESOTA LINE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...SOME POWER LINE STRESS MAY OCCUR IN AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE SEEN. 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 SIOUX FALLS SD 337 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...EXITING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW MOVES EASTWARD... PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE AIR SHOULD BE COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ALL SNOW GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WINDOM MINNESOTA...TO DELL RAPIDS SOUTH DAKOTA...AND INTO NORTHERN GREGORY COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA WILL ALSO SEE INCREASING NORTH WINDS...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH LIKELY ON SUNDAY...CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN. THE TRANSITION ZONE FROM AROUND PARKSTON TO SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA...TO WINDOM MINNESOTA WILL SEE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW. MAINLY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY FROM YANKTON TO CANTON SOUTH DAKOTA...EAST TOWARD SPENCER AND SPIRIT LAKE IOWA. THIS AREA HAS THE GREATEST THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH...AND AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES IN THE ICE STORM WARNING AREA...TO 8 TO 14 INCHES FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WHERE A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THE TRACK OF THE LOW IS CRITICAL FOR THESE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AND ANY SMALL DEVIATION OF THE LOW TRACK WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA. MNZ080-081-200545- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.110220T0900Z-110221T1200Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE 337 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE SNOW DIMINISHING MONDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW... BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 DES MOINES IA 420 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS THE ROCKIES TODAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT 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. IAZ004-005-015-200400- /O.UPG.KDMX.WS.A.0004.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KDMX.WS.W.0002.110220T0600Z-110221T1200Z/ EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG 420 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PREDOMINATELY FREEZING RAIN...BUT ALSO SOME SLEET...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. A COLD RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN WITH THE PRECIPITATION AT TIMES SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO SWITCH BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING LATER MONDAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH...WITH SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS TO AROUND AN INCH BY LATE MONDAY. * IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO ICE COVERED ROADS MAKING TRAVELING VERY HAZARDOUS. IN ADDITION...ICE MAY COVER TREES AND POWER LINES LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
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 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
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