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.
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/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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