Dakota County Severe Weather Watches and Warnings
Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Minnesota (Dakota/MNZ070) Issued by the National Weather Service
Updated: 2 weeks 2 days ago
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Short Term Forecast - Dakota (Minnesota)
CENTER CITY...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT
839 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010
.NOW...
AREAS OF FOG...AND PATCHY DENSE FOG...WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES...REDUCED BELOW
ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR ALONG THE MINNESOTA
WISCONSIN BORDER FROM NEAR TAYLORS FALLS TO STILLWATER AND
HASTINGS...THEN SOUTH TOWARD OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA. PATCHY DENSE
FOG CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO THE WEST NEAR SPRINGFIELD AND ST
JAMES. VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE NOTABLY AFTER 10 AM.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT
839 AM CST SUN FEB 21 2010
.NOW...
AREAS OF FOG...AND PATCHY DENSE FOG...WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES...REDUCED BELOW
ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR ALONG THE MINNESOTA
WISCONSIN BORDER FROM NEAR TAYLORS FALLS TO STILLWATER AND
HASTINGS...THEN SOUTH TOWARD OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA. PATCHY DENSE
FOG CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO THE WEST NEAR SPRINGFIELD AND ST
JAMES. VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE NOTABLY AFTER 10 AM.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory - Dakota (Minnesota)
MAINLY FLURRIES THROUGH NOON...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...
...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TODAY...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON FOR THE
TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AND ON WESTWARD THROUGH WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA.
OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
A BETTER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL BRING AN
ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES BY EARLY EVENING.
NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY.
MOTORISTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS TODAY.
MNZ053>056-060>070-073>077-151800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100215T1800Z/
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
535 AM CST MON FEB 15 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW THROUGH NOON.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 INCH OR LESS BY MIDDAY. IN
ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE
BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE
BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...
...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TODAY...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON FOR THE
TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AND ON WESTWARD THROUGH WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA.
OCCASIONAL FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
A BETTER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL BRING AN
ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES BY EARLY EVENING.
NO ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
HOWEVER...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY.
MOTORISTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS TODAY.
MNZ053>056-060>070-073>077-151800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100215T1800Z/
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
535 AM CST MON FEB 15 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...A PERIOD OR TWO OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW THROUGH NOON.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 INCH OR LESS BY MIDDAY. IN
ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE
BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE
BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory - Dakota (Minnesota)
LIGHT SNOW TAPERING OFF THROUGH 6 AM...BUT REFORMING BY MID
TO LATE MORNING. PERSISTENT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON FOR
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AND ON WESTWARD THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA.
SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY PRODUCING PERIODS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
SO FAR HAVE BEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREAS. HOWEVER...THE
SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE LESS THAN AN
INCH...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THIS WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR
VISIBILITY.
MOTORISTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS TODAY.
MNZ053>056-060>070-073>077-151630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100215T1800Z/
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
216 AM CST MON FEB 15 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY
MIDDAY. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WHERE BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WELL...ESPECIALLY
ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
TO LATE MORNING. PERSISTENT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON FOR
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AND ON WESTWARD THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM TODAY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA.
SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY PRODUCING PERIODS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
SO FAR HAVE BEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREAS. HOWEVER...THE
SECOND ROUND OF SNOW WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE LESS THAN AN
INCH...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THIS WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR
VISIBILITY.
MOTORISTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS TODAY.
MNZ053>056-060>070-073>077-151630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100215T1800Z/
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
216 AM CST MON FEB 15 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY
MIDDAY. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WHERE BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WELL...ESPECIALLY
ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory - Dakota (Minnesota)
ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW PERSISTING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING FOR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON WEST THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA.
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND THROUGH THE DAY ON
MONDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THE
FIRST ROUND OF SNOW TONIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND 1 INCH...AND BY LATE
MONDAY MORNING ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH
RANGE FROM THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW
ACCUMULATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE MONDAY SHOULD
BE IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE.
SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE AN INCH OR
LESS...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING.
MOTORISTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND
MONDAY.
MNZ053>056-060>070-073>077-151045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100215T1800Z/
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
844 PM CST SUN FEB 14 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY
MIDDAY MONDAY. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WHERE BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WELL...ESPECIALLY
ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
SNOW PERSISTING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING FOR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON WEST THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA.
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND THROUGH THE DAY ON
MONDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THE
FIRST ROUND OF SNOW TONIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND 1 INCH...AND BY LATE
MONDAY MORNING ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH
RANGE FROM THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW
ACCUMULATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE MONDAY SHOULD
BE IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE.
SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE AN INCH OR
LESS...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING.
MOTORISTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND
MONDAY.
MNZ053>056-060>070-073>077-151045-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-100215T1800Z/
CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
844 PM CST SUN FEB 14 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
MONDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY
MIDDAY MONDAY. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WHERE BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WELL...ESPECIALLY
ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Weather Advisory - Dakota (Minnesota)
ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW PERSISTING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING FOR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON WEST THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA.
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND PERSIST
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW
ACCUMULATION BY LATE MONDAY MORNING IS FORECAST TO BE IN THE 2
TO 3 INCH RANGE FROM THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE
MONDAY SHOULD BE IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE.
SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE AN INCH OR
LESS...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING.
MOTORISTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
MNZ053-060>063-066>070-076-077-150430-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.100215T0000Z-100215T1800Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
228 PM CST SUN FEB 14 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY
MIDDAY MONDAY. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE
BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WELL...ESPECIALLY
ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
SNOW PERSISTING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING FOR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA ON WEST THROUGH
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A SECOND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA.
A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND PERSIST
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOW
ACCUMULATION BY LATE MONDAY MORNING IS FORECAST TO BE IN THE 2
TO 3 INCH RANGE FROM THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE
MONDAY SHOULD BE IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE.
SNOW AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE AN INCH OR
LESS...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING.
MOTORISTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
MNZ053-060>063-066>070-076-077-150430-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0011.100215T0000Z-100215T1800Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
228 PM CST SUN FEB 14 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY
MIDDAY MONDAY. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE
BRIEF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR AS WELL...ESPECIALLY
ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Dense Fog Advisory - Dakota (Minnesota)
VISIBILITIES GRADUALLY IMPROVING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...
.THE WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG EARLIER THIS MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES
AS LOW AS ZERO AT MANY AREA AIRPORTS...HAS BEGUN TO GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE INTO A LIGHTER FOG WITH ONLY ISOLATED POCKETS OF LOWER
VISIBILITIES. THUS THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT NOON.
MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-131845-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100213T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1142 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2010
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...
THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY.
THE WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG EARLIER THIS MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES
AS LOW AS ZERO AT MANY AREA AIRPORTS...HAS BEGUN TO GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE INTO A LIGHTER FOG WITH ONLY ISOLATED POCKETS OF LOWER
VISIBILITIES. THUS THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT NOON.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
.THE WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG EARLIER THIS MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES
AS LOW AS ZERO AT MANY AREA AIRPORTS...HAS BEGUN TO GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE INTO A LIGHTER FOG WITH ONLY ISOLATED POCKETS OF LOWER
VISIBILITIES. THUS THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT NOON.
MNZ041>045-048>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-131845-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100213T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1142 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2010
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...
THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY.
THE WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG EARLIER THIS MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES
AS LOW AS ZERO AT MANY AREA AIRPORTS...HAS BEGUN TO GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE INTO A LIGHTER FOG WITH ONLY ISOLATED POCKETS OF LOWER
VISIBILITIES. THUS THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT NOON.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Dense Fog Advisory - Dakota (Minnesota)
DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...
.WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...TO NEAR
ZERO AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING.
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AREAS GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN ALEXANDRIA...TO LITTLE FALLS...TO MORA...TO
AMERY WISCONSIN LINE. THE ADVISORY EXTENDS WESTWARD TO A LINE
FROM ABOUT KENSINGTON...TO WILLMAR...TO REDWOOD FALLS...TO WALNUT
GROVE AND SPRINGFIELD...AND SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER.
VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO IMPROVE THIS MORNING...SO THE
ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON. DUE TO BELOW FREEZING
TEMPERATURES...UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES MAY BECOME SLICK. THIS
DENSE FOG ADVISORY INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES...INTERSTATE 35 FROM
RUSH CITY TO LAKEVILLE AND ALBERT LEA...AND INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
MNZ049>051-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-131745-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100213T1800Z/
STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
341 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2010
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* IMPACTS...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...
.WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...TO NEAR
ZERO AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING.
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AREAS GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN ALEXANDRIA...TO LITTLE FALLS...TO MORA...TO
AMERY WISCONSIN LINE. THE ADVISORY EXTENDS WESTWARD TO A LINE
FROM ABOUT KENSINGTON...TO WILLMAR...TO REDWOOD FALLS...TO WALNUT
GROVE AND SPRINGFIELD...AND SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER.
VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO IMPROVE THIS MORNING...SO THE
ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON. DUE TO BELOW FREEZING
TEMPERATURES...UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES MAY BECOME SLICK. THIS
DENSE FOG ADVISORY INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES...INTERSTATE 35 FROM
RUSH CITY TO LAKEVILLE AND ALBERT LEA...AND INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
MNZ049>051-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-131745-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100213T1800Z/
STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
341 AM CST SAT FEB 13 2010
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* IMPACTS...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Dense Fog Advisory - Dakota (Minnesota)
DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO SATURDAY MORNING...
.DENSE FOG CONTINUES TO SLOWLY EXPAND FURTHER EASTWARD INTO EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN
EXPANDED AND NOW INCLUDES AREAS FROM SAUK CENTER TO PRINCETON TO
FOREST LAKE AS WELL AS THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AND ST.
CLOUD AREAS. THE ADVISORY EXTENDS WESTWARD TO A LINE FROM ABOUT
BROOTEN TO WILLMAR TO REDWOOD FALLS TO WALNUT GROVE AND
SPRINGFIELD AND SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE
QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL CONTINUE OR DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE
ADVISORY AREA... WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. VISIBILITY IS
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. UNTREATED
ROAD SURFACES MAY BECOME SLICK AS THE FOG THICKENS.
MNZ057>060-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-131100-
/O.CON.KMPX.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100213T1500Z/
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
854 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY.
* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* IMPACTS...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
MINNESOTA INTO SATURDAY MORNING...
.DENSE FOG CONTINUES TO SLOWLY EXPAND FURTHER EASTWARD INTO EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN
EXPANDED AND NOW INCLUDES AREAS FROM SAUK CENTER TO PRINCETON TO
FOREST LAKE AS WELL AS THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AND ST.
CLOUD AREAS. THE ADVISORY EXTENDS WESTWARD TO A LINE FROM ABOUT
BROOTEN TO WILLMAR TO REDWOOD FALLS TO WALNUT GROVE AND
SPRINGFIELD AND SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE
QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL CONTINUE OR DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE
ADVISORY AREA... WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. VISIBILITY IS
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. UNTREATED
ROAD SURFACES MAY BECOME SLICK AS THE FOG THICKENS.
MNZ057>060-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-131100-
/O.CON.KMPX.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-100213T1500Z/
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
854 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY.
* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* IMPACTS...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Dense Fog Advisory - Dakota (Minnesota)
DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO SATURDAY MORNING...
.LIGHT AIR FLOW AND VERY MOIST AIR WILL RESULT IN DENSE FOG ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM ROUGHLY
NEW LONDON TO MONTICELLO TO MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWARD TOWARDS REDWOOD
FALLS...MANKATO...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AND FAIRMONT.
VISIBILITY WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND LIKELY FALL TO ONE
QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH
VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING
THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES MAY BECOME
SLICK AS THE FOG THICKENS.
MNZ057>060-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-130600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FG.Y.0006.100213T0000Z-100213T1500Z/
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
355 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY.
* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* IMPACTS...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
$$
RAH/MDB
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
MINNESOTA INTO SATURDAY MORNING...
.LIGHT AIR FLOW AND VERY MOIST AIR WILL RESULT IN DENSE FOG ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM ROUGHLY
NEW LONDON TO MONTICELLO TO MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWARD TOWARDS REDWOOD
FALLS...MANKATO...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AND FAIRMONT.
VISIBILITY WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND LIKELY FALL TO ONE
QUARTER MILE OR LESS ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH
VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING
THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES MAY BECOME
SLICK AS THE FOG THICKENS.
MNZ057>060-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-130600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FG.Y.0006.100213T0000Z-100213T1500Z/
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
MINNEAPOLIS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
355 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY.
* VISIBILITY...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* IMPACTS...SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
$$
RAH/MDB
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast - Dakota (Minnesota)
ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...
CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS...
MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...
ST CLOUD...ST PAUL...ST PETER...WILLMAR
556 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
.NOW...
WIDELY SCATTERED BOUTS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION PRIOR TO 8 PM. ALTHOUGH VERY LITTLE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...AREAS OF MODERATE TO DENSE FREEZING FOG
WILL COMBINE WITH THE PRECIPITATION TO GENERATE SLICK ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CURB THEIR SPEED...AND ALLOW
PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN VEHICLES.
$$
AZ
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS...
MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...
ST CLOUD...ST PAUL...ST PETER...WILLMAR
556 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
.NOW...
WIDELY SCATTERED BOUTS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION PRIOR TO 8 PM. ALTHOUGH VERY LITTLE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...AREAS OF MODERATE TO DENSE FREEZING FOG
WILL COMBINE WITH THE PRECIPITATION TO GENERATE SLICK ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO CURB THEIR SPEED...AND ALLOW
PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN VEHICLES.
$$
AZ
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast - Dakota (Minnesota)
WIDESPREAD AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS WEST AND
SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD
REPORTS OF DENSE FOG ACROSS MEEKER...WESTERN WRIGHT...MCLEOD...
WESTERN CARVER...SIBLEY...NICOLLET...SCOTT...LE SUEUR...RICE...AND
DAKOTA COUNTIES. THE FREEZING FOG...AT TIMES HAS HAD VISIBILITIES
NEAR ZERO. THE FOG WILL REMAIN DENSE THROUGH 830AM...BEFORE
BEGINNING TO LIFT AND DISSIPATE. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING DUE TO POOR VISIBILITIES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
SLICK ROADS CAUSED BY THE RIMING OF THE FREEZING FOG ON TO SURFACES.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning - Dakota (Minnesota)
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING BUT WINDS WILL
BE GUSTY...
.PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARD THE EAU CLAIRE AREA MAY SEE
AS MUCH AS TWO MORE INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY THIS MORNING. AREAS FROM
REDWOOD FALLS TO THE TWIN CITIES COULD SEE UP TO ANOTHER INCH.
NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ESPECIALLY
THIS MORNING WHICH WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL
AREAS.
THIS STORM YIELDED SNOW TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES FROM THE
ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS AREAS THROUGH WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...THEN
ACROSS THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO TOWARD ALBERT LEA. MOST OF
THE REST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA RECEIVED AT LEAST FIVE
INCHES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL REMAIN UNTIL NOON FOR PERIODS OF SNOW
AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN INTO WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE WARNING EXPIRED AT 6 AM FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...ST. CLOUD
AND THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR
WASHINGTON COUNTY INCLUDING STILLWATER AS WELL AS THE WISCONSIN
COMMUNITIES OF NEW RICHMOND AND DURAND.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-091800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
601 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE
DIMINISHING.
* MAIN IMPACT...ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF SNOW FROM ALBERT LEA TO TO RED
WING WITH ANOTHER INCH OR SO ELSEWHERE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS BY NOON TODAY SINCE SNOW BEGAN ON SUNDAY...BETWEEN 7 AND
11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
BE GUSTY...
.PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOWARD THE EAU CLAIRE AREA MAY SEE
AS MUCH AS TWO MORE INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY THIS MORNING. AREAS FROM
REDWOOD FALLS TO THE TWIN CITIES COULD SEE UP TO ANOTHER INCH.
NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ESPECIALLY
THIS MORNING WHICH WILL CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL
AREAS.
THIS STORM YIELDED SNOW TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES FROM THE
ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS AREAS THROUGH WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...THEN
ACROSS THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO TOWARD ALBERT LEA. MOST OF
THE REST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA RECEIVED AT LEAST FIVE
INCHES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL REMAIN UNTIL NOON FOR PERIODS OF SNOW
AND DRIFTING SNOW FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN INTO WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE WARNING EXPIRED AT 6 AM FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...ST. CLOUD
AND THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR
WASHINGTON COUNTY INCLUDING STILLWATER AS WELL AS THE WISCONSIN
COMMUNITIES OF NEW RICHMOND AND DURAND.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-091800-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
601 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE
DIMINISHING.
* MAIN IMPACT...ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF SNOW FROM ALBERT LEA TO TO RED
WING WITH ANOTHER INCH OR SO ELSEWHERE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS BY NOON TODAY SINCE SNOW BEGAN ON SUNDAY...BETWEEN 7 AND
11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning - Dakota (Minnesota)
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING BUT WINDS WILL
INCREASE...
.ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS LIKELY THIS MORNING MAINLY IN
AREAS SOUTH FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO GAYLORD THEN THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE TWO INCH RANGE WILL BE MAINLY SOUTH FROM
MANKATO TO RED WING. SINCE SNOW STARTED FALLING ON SUNDAY...STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM
JUST SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA...ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TWIN
CITIES METRO AREA...TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
COUNTRY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 94. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM GENERALLY
NORTH OF AN OLIVIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO BUFFALO LINE. THE
REMAINDER OF THE WARNING LASTS THROUGH NOON... INCLUDING A LARGE
PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA... AS WELL AS MOST OF
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...RED
WING...AND REDWOOD FALLS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR
PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A FOREST LAKE...TO NEW RICHMOND AND
DURAND WISCONSIN LINE.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-091630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
228 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE MAINLY INTO THE MID
MORNING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING.
* MAIN IMPACT...AROUND ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF SNOW SOUTH FROM MANKATO
TO RED WING WITH ANOTHER INCH OR SO ELSEWHERE. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY NOON TODAY SINCE SNOW BEGAN ON
SUNDAY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
INCREASE...
.ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS LIKELY THIS MORNING MAINLY IN
AREAS SOUTH FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO GAYLORD THEN THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE TWO INCH RANGE WILL BE MAINLY SOUTH FROM
MANKATO TO RED WING. SINCE SNOW STARTED FALLING ON SUNDAY...STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM
JUST SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA...ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TWIN
CITIES METRO AREA...TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
COUNTRY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 94. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM GENERALLY
NORTH OF AN OLIVIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO BUFFALO LINE. THE
REMAINDER OF THE WARNING LASTS THROUGH NOON... INCLUDING A LARGE
PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA... AS WELL AS MOST OF
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...RED
WING...AND REDWOOD FALLS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR
PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A FOREST LAKE...TO NEW RICHMOND AND
DURAND WISCONSIN LINE.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-091630-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
228 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE MAINLY INTO THE MID
MORNING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING.
* MAIN IMPACT...AROUND ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF SNOW SOUTH FROM MANKATO
TO RED WING WITH ANOTHER INCH OR SO ELSEWHERE. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY NOON TODAY SINCE SNOW BEGAN ON
SUNDAY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast - Dakota (Minnesota)
ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...
CAMBRIDGE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...
LADYSMITH...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS...MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...
OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...RICE LAKE...ST CLOUD...
ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER...WILLMAR
217 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
.NOW...
A WIDE AND PERSISTENT AREA OF LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF
MINNESOTA...WESTERN WISCONSIN...THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND IOWA THIS
MORNING.
ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTRHERN MINNESOTA AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER
WESTERN WISCONSIN.
STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...
BUT SLOWLY DECREASE AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS MORNING.
A BRISK NORTH WIND IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
CAMBRIDGE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...
LADYSMITH...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS...MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...
OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...RICE LAKE...ST CLOUD...
ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER...WILLMAR
217 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
.NOW...
A WIDE AND PERSISTENT AREA OF LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF
MINNESOTA...WESTERN WISCONSIN...THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND IOWA THIS
MORNING.
ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTRHERN MINNESOTA AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER
WESTERN WISCONSIN.
STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...
BUT SLOWLY DECREASE AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY LATER THIS MORNING.
A BRISK NORTH WIND IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning - Dakota (Minnesota)
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT....
.SNOW CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
LATE THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10
INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM JUST SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA...ACROSS THE
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...TO MANKATO AND
ALBERT LEA.
SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST
OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITIES INTO TUESDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 94. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY
GENERALLY NORTH OF AN OLIVIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO BUFFALO LINE.
THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING LASTS THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY...INCLUDING
A LARGE PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS
MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALBERT
LEA...MANKATO...RED WING...AND REDWOOD FALLS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A FOREST LAKE...TO NEW RICHMOND AND
DURAND WISCONSIN LINE.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-091130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
927 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL TAPERING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY
MORNING...SINCE SUNDAY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
.SNOW CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
LATE THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10
INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM JUST SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA...ACROSS THE
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...TO MANKATO AND
ALBERT LEA.
SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST
OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH
WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITIES INTO TUESDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 94. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY
GENERALLY NORTH OF AN OLIVIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO BUFFALO LINE.
THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING LASTS THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY...INCLUDING
A LARGE PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS
MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALBERT
LEA...MANKATO...RED WING...AND REDWOOD FALLS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A FOREST LAKE...TO NEW RICHMOND AND
DURAND WISCONSIN LINE.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-091130-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
927 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL TAPERING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY
MORNING...SINCE SUNDAY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning - Dakota (Minnesota)
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TONIGHT....
.SNOW CONTINUES OVER MOST OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
SNOW WAS IN A BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND
MORRIS...TO WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND THE SOUTHWEST AREAS OF
TWIN CITIES...DOWN TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA. THIS TREND WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES HAVE
BEEN COMMON IN THESE AREAS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OR DEVELOP...BACK INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA SLIDES INTO IOWA.
THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SEE CONTINUING SNOW OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH
DECREASING INTENSITY. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY
LOW VISIBILITIES.
THE HIGHEST TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM...EXPECTED BY
MIDDAY TUESDAY...WILL BE REALIZED FROM ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWARD
TOWARDS WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE
MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA SINCE SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8
AND 11 INCHES. THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA WILL LIKELY SEE
5 TO 9 INCH TOTALS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN IS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE 2 TO 4 INCH TOTALS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY FOR ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE FALLS...
ST CLOUD... AND WILLMAR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING LASTS
THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY...INCLUDING A LARGE PORTION OF THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA... INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...RED WING...AND
REDWOOD FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION
OF THE INTERSTATE 35...90...AND 94 CORRIDORS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
FOR PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE FAR EASTERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...OR WOODBURY AND FOREST LAKE...AND IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NEW
RICHMOND...ELLSWORTH AND DURAND.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-090515-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
315 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING...WITH A GRADUAL TAPERING OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY
MORNING...SINCE SUNDAY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
.SNOW CONTINUES OVER MOST OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
SNOW WAS IN A BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR ALEXANDRIA AND
MORRIS...TO WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND THE SOUTHWEST AREAS OF
TWIN CITIES...DOWN TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA. THIS TREND WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES HAVE
BEEN COMMON IN THESE AREAS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OR DEVELOP...BACK INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA SLIDES INTO IOWA.
THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SEE CONTINUING SNOW OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH
DECREASING INTENSITY. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VERY
LOW VISIBILITIES.
THE HIGHEST TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM...EXPECTED BY
MIDDAY TUESDAY...WILL BE REALIZED FROM ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWARD
TOWARDS WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE
MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA SINCE SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8
AND 11 INCHES. THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA WILL LIKELY SEE
5 TO 9 INCH TOTALS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN IS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE 2 TO 4 INCH TOTALS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY FOR ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE FALLS...
ST CLOUD... AND WILLMAR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING LASTS
THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY...INCLUDING A LARGE PORTION OF THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA... INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...RED WING...AND
REDWOOD FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION
OF THE INTERSTATE 35...90...AND 94 CORRIDORS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
FOR PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE FAR EASTERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...OR WOODBURY AND FOREST LAKE...AND IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NEW
RICHMOND...ELLSWORTH AND DURAND.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-090515-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
315 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING...WITH A GRADUAL TAPERING OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY
MORNING...SINCE SUNDAY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning - Dakota (Minnesota)
SNOW CONTINUES MOST AREAS....
.SNOW CONTINUES OVER MOST OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT SNOW WAS IN A BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR
ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS...TO WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND THE
SOUTHWEST AREAS OF TWIN CITIES...DOWN TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA.
THIS GENERAL TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON IN THESE AREAS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OR DEVELOP...BACK INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA SLIDES INTO
IOWA. THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SEE CONTINUING SNOW OVERNIGHT...BUT
WITH DECREASING INTENSITY. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITIES.
THE HIGHER GRAND TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM...EXPECTED
BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WILL BE REALIZED FROM ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWARD
TOWARDS WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE
MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA SINCE SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8
AND 12 INCHES. THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA WILL LIKELY SEE
5 TO 9 INCH TOTALS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN IS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE 2 TO 4 INCH TOTALS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY FOR ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE
FALLS...ST CLOUD... AND WILLMAR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING
LASTS THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY...INCLUDING A LARGE PORTION OF THE
TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA... INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...RED WING...AND
REDWOOD FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION
OF THE INTERSTATE 35...90...AND 94 CORRIDORS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
FOR PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE FAR EASTERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA... CAMBRIDGE...MENOMONIE...NEW RICHMOND...AND MORA.
STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-090245-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1242 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A
GRADUAL TAPERING OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...DAYTIME SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY MORNING...SINCE SUNDAY...
BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
.SNOW CONTINUES OVER MOST OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS OF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT SNOW WAS IN A BAND FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR
ALEXANDRIA AND MORRIS...TO WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND THE
SOUTHWEST AREAS OF TWIN CITIES...DOWN TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA.
THIS GENERAL TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON IN THESE AREAS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OR DEVELOP...BACK INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA SLIDES INTO
IOWA. THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL SEE CONTINUING SNOW OVERNIGHT...BUT
WITH DECREASING INTENSITY. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITIES.
THE HIGHER GRAND TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM...EXPECTED
BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WILL BE REALIZED FROM ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWARD
TOWARDS WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE
MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA SINCE SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8
AND 12 INCHES. THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA WILL LIKELY SEE
5 TO 9 INCH TOTALS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN IS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE 2 TO 4 INCH TOTALS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY FOR ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE
FALLS...ST CLOUD... AND WILLMAR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING
LASTS THROUGH NOON ON TUESDAY...INCLUDING A LARGE PORTION OF THE
TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA... INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...RED WING...AND
REDWOOD FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION
OF THE INTERSTATE 35...90...AND 94 CORRIDORS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
FOR PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN
WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDES THE FAR EASTERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA... CAMBRIDGE...MENOMONIE...NEW RICHMOND...AND MORA.
STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
MNZ054-060-062-064>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-090245-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1242 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A
GRADUAL TAPERING OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...DAYTIME SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY MORNING...SINCE SUNDAY...
BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Winter Storm Warning - Dakota (Minnesota)
SNOWFALL TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY TODAY...
.SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORESO TODAY AND LIKELY HAVE
GREATER TRAVEL IMPACTS AS SNOWFALL RATES INCREASE DURING THIS
LONG DURATION EVENT. THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING AND LAST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GRADUALLY LIGHTENING IN INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TEMPORARY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN WEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AS OF EARLY MONDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SINCE SUNDAY OF
TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN MEASURED OR ESTIMATED ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY OF THREE TO FIVE
INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH ONE
TO TWO INCHES IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL LIKELY HAVE LARGE
IMPACTS ON THE EVENING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. TONIGHT WILL BRING
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES. FURTHER
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER GRAND
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS STORM...EXPECTED BY MIDDAY
TUESDAY...WILL BE REALIZED FROM ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWARD TOWARDS
WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE MINNESOTA
RIVER VALLEY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AMOUNTS IN THIS
AREA SINCE SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8 AND 13 INCHES.
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA WILL LIKELY SEE 5 TO 9 INCH
TOTALS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN IS
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FOUR TO SIX INCH TOTALS.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY
WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL SPREAD
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE
SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER IN WEST CENTRAL LOCATIONS...TO INCLUDE MADISON
AND GRANITE FALLS. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY
FOR ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE FALLS...ST CLOUD...AND
WILLMAR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING LASTS THROUGH NOON ON
TUESDAY...INCLUDING A LARGE PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...RED WING...AND
REDWOOD FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION
OF THE INTERSTATE 35...90...AND 94 CORRIDORS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
FOR PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FAR EASTERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...
CAMBRIDGE...MENOMONIE...NEW RICHMOND...AND MORA.
STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
MNZ060-062-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-081915-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
509 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING LASTING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A GRADUAL TAPERING OVERNIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...DAYTIME SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY MORNING...SINCE
SUNDAY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP RESULT IN AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
.SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORESO TODAY AND LIKELY HAVE
GREATER TRAVEL IMPACTS AS SNOWFALL RATES INCREASE DURING THIS
LONG DURATION EVENT. THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING AND LAST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GRADUALLY LIGHTENING IN INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TEMPORARY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN WEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AS OF EARLY MONDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SINCE SUNDAY OF
TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN MEASURED OR ESTIMATED ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY OF THREE TO FIVE
INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH ONE
TO TWO INCHES IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL LIKELY HAVE LARGE
IMPACTS ON THE EVENING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. TONIGHT WILL BRING
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES. FURTHER
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER GRAND
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS STORM...EXPECTED BY MIDDAY
TUESDAY...WILL BE REALIZED FROM ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWARD TOWARDS
WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE MINNESOTA
RIVER VALLEY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AMOUNTS IN THIS
AREA SINCE SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8 AND 13 INCHES.
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA WILL LIKELY SEE 5 TO 9 INCH
TOTALS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN IS
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FOUR TO SIX INCH TOTALS.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY
WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL SPREAD
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE
SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER IN WEST CENTRAL LOCATIONS...TO INCLUDE MADISON
AND GRANITE FALLS. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY
FOR ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE FALLS...ST CLOUD...AND
WILLMAR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING LASTS THROUGH NOON ON
TUESDAY...INCLUDING A LARGE PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...RED WING...AND
REDWOOD FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION
OF THE INTERSTATE 35...90...AND 94 CORRIDORS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
FOR PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FAR EASTERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...
CAMBRIDGE...MENOMONIE...NEW RICHMOND...AND MORA.
STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
MNZ060-062-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-081915-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
509 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING LASTING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A GRADUAL TAPERING OVERNIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...DAYTIME SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY MORNING...SINCE
SUNDAY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP RESULT IN AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Short Term Forecast - Dakota (Minnesota)
ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...
CAMBRIDGE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...
LADYSMITH...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS...MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...
OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...RICE LAKE...ST CLOUD...
ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER...WILLMAR
528 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010
.NOW...
A WIDE AND PERSISTENT AREA OF LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF
MINNESOTA...WESTERN WISCONSIN...THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND IOWA THIS
MORNING.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA
AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA...WITH A TRACE TO AROUND
AN INCH OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...
WITH SNOW TAPERING AND WINDS INCREASING OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND
WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING
OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND BORDERING WESTERN WISCONSIN COUNTIES.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
CAMBRIDGE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...
LADYSMITH...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS...MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...
OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...RICE LAKE...ST CLOUD...
ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER...WILLMAR
528 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010
.NOW...
A WIDE AND PERSISTENT AREA OF LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF
MINNESOTA...WESTERN WISCONSIN...THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND IOWA THIS
MORNING.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA
AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA...WITH A TRACE TO AROUND
AN INCH OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...
WITH SNOW TAPERING AND WINDS INCREASING OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND
WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS MORNING
OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA AND BORDERING WESTERN WISCONSIN COUNTIES.
$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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- Wind: East, 9.2 mph
- Pressure: 29.47 inHg
- Rel. Humidity: 87 %
- Visibility: 3 mi
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