Ice Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1057 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN IOWA TO ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
TRACY AND PIPESTONE MINNESOTA...TO MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND
INTO GREGORY COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA WILL ALSO SEE STRONG
NORTH WINDS... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...CAUSING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS.
FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY
CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A
FEW INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE ICE IN SOME AREAS. A STRETCH
FROM TYNDALL AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA EAST INTO NORTHWEST IOWA
INCLUDING SHELDON AND PRIMGHAR HAS ALREADY SEEN MODERATE TO HEAVY
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WILL GET SOME MORE ICING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
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OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...
TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...
ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1057 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
* TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A
HALF INCH WERE ALREADY REPORTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH INCH OR LESS
ARE EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING STRESS ON ICE-LADEN POWER LINES AND TREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
&&
$$
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1057 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ACROSS FAR
SOUTHERN IOWA TO ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
TRACY AND PIPESTONE MINNESOTA...TO MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND
INTO GREGORY COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS AREA WILL ALSO SEE STRONG
NORTH WINDS... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...CAUSING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS.
FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY
CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A
FEW INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE ICE IN SOME AREAS. A STRETCH
FROM TYNDALL AND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA EAST INTO NORTHWEST IOWA
INCLUDING SHELDON AND PRIMGHAR HAS ALREADY SEEN MODERATE TO HEAVY
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WILL GET SOME MORE ICING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
IAZ001-MNZ080-081-089-090-098-SDZ061-062-065>067-210100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...
MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1057 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.
* TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...A TIGHT GRADIENT OF BOTH SNOW AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL VARY FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...TO 3 TO 6
INCHES OR MORE NORTH OF A LINE FROM SIOUX FALLS TO WINDOM. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR SO HAVE ALREADY BEEN
REPORTED IN MOST OF THE AREA.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS...WITH
LOCAL VISIBILITIES BELOW OF HALF MILE OR LESS. IN ADDITION...
POWER LINE AND TREE 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.
&&
$$
WILLIAMS
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...VERY HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA...
.AS MUCH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN JUST A FEW SHORT
HOURS THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN AREAS SUCH AS
ALBERT LEA...OWATONA...MANKATO...NEW ULM...AND ST. JAMES. HEAVY
SNOW IS SPREADING NORTH AND EXPANDING INTO THE EAU CLAIRE
AREA...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND AREAS FROM HUTCHINSON TO WILLMAR
TO MONTEVIDEO.
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST
OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM IN MINNESOTA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS
WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY EVENING MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD SEE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WILL SEE SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY
INTO MONDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING
SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH
RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD
THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST
CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW
TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA
MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO DES MOINES THIS EVENING AND
THEN INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT.
MNZ076-082>085-091>093-210230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY WITH
PERIODS OF SNOW INTO MONDAY. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
* MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH
SOUTH OF MANKATO AND WASECA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
INTO MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND 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.
&&
$$
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