Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
941 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

MNZ041045-047070-073078-082085-091093-WIZ014016-023028-
251200-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
941 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

..DAY ONE...TONIGHT
HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. ICING FROM EARLIER IN THE EVENT HAS LED TO
SLICK ROADWAYS AND PERSISTENT HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT WILL
CONTINUE TO FAVOR DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. GUSTY EAST WINDS
WILL ADDITIONALLY CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN PLACES.

..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW DURING SUNDAY MORNING WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY
WEAKEN IN INTENSITY DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE MORNING ARE LIKELY IN PLACES WITH BLOWING
SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. HAZARDOUS
TRAVELING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.

..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO REPORT
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

MTF






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Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
947 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

MNZ043045-049053-058063-066070-074077-082085-091093-250600-
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...S T. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKO PEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...B LUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
947 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

..NOW...
....WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THE REST OF THE EVENING
AND LIKELY PAST MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AROUND AN INCH AN
HOUR...AND POSSIBLY MORE WILL BE COMMON. AREAS UNDER THE GREATEST
THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MOST LIKELY BE FROM AROUND CAMBRIDGE TO
THE TWIN CITIES...HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...WASECA...AND FAIRMONT. IN
ADDITION...BRISK EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON.


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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
449 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

....LONG DURATION AND DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS...

..SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
EVENING. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO
BLOSSOM...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES.
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN
THE AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW.

BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 14 TO 18 INCH RANGE ALONG AND
EAST OF A SAINT CLOUD...TO TWIN CITIES METRO...TO ALBERT LEA LINE.
IT WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE A FEW LOCALITIES REPORT
CLOSE TO 20 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MINNESOTA WISCONSIN
BORDER AND EASTWARD TOWARD BALDWIN AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.

SNOWFALL TOTALS IN AREAS TO THE WEST...INCLUDING
ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND FAIRMONT...WILL BE IN THE
6 INCH TO ONE FOOT CATEGORY.

THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND HEAVY SNOW...WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...AT TIMES...IN OPEN AREAS BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

GLAZED ROADS...AND OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...ALONG WITH LOW
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY.

MNZ041045-047070-073078-082085-091093-WIZ014016-023028-
250700-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070226T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...M INNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVI LLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN ...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
449 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

....WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY.

SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
EVENING. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO
BLOSSOM...WITH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AT TIMES.
VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN
THE AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW.

BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY IN THE 14 INCH TO 18 INCH RANGE ALONG AND
EAST OF A SAINT CLOUD...TO TWIN CITIES METRO...TO ALBERT LEA LINE.
IT WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE A FEW LOCALITIES REPORT
CLOSE TO 20 INCHES...ESPECIALLY FROM THE MINNESOTA WISCONSIN BORDER
TOWARD BALDWIN AND EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.

SNOWFALL TOTALS IN AREAS TO THE WEST...INCLUDING
ALEXANDRIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND FAIRMONT...WILL BE IN THE
6 INCH TO ONE FOOT CATEGORY.

THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND HEAVY SNOW...WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...AT TIMES...IN OPEN AREAS BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

GLAZED ROADS...AND OR SNOW COVERED ROADS...ALONG WITH LOW
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY.

$$
LS







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