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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
320 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007

....SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM FOR MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...

..A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS WEEKEND. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL
OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON SATURDAY...ENTERING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
AROUND DAYBREAK AND REACHING CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A
HALF MILE OR LESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BRISK SOUTHEAST WIND
DURING THE DAY.

DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL
SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...FROM DURAND TO EAU CLAIRE. THIS WILL CHANGE THE SNOW
TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO
EAU CLAIRE. SLEET COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THROUGH
MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED
TO TRANSITION INTO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW
SCENARIO AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION
WOULD BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO
BE NEAR 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA
BORDER...ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AROUND 10 INCHES
OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO
EAU CLAIRE. ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR THROUGH
MORA AND CAMBRIDGE...ON EAST TO LADYSMITH. AROUND 9 INCHES OF
SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS
AREAS.

ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING FOR MUCH
OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG
WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY.


MNZ041045-047070-073078-082085-091093-WIZ014016-023028-
010530-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0005.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/
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
320 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007

....WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO
6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS WEEKEND. A LARGE AREA OF SNOW WILL
OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON SATURDAY...ENTERING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
AROUND DAYBREAK AND REACHING CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE A
HALF MILE OR LESS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A BRISK SOUTHEAST WIND
DURING THE DAY.

DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL
SPREAD INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...FROM DURAND TO EAU CLAIRE. THIS WILL CHANGE THE SNOW
TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO
EAU CLAIRE. SLEET COULD SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA DURING SATURDAY EVENING...AS WELL AS THROUGH
MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IS EXPECTED
TO TRANSITION INTO A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW
SCENARIO AS DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS TRANSITION
WOULD BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND WORK EASTWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO
BE NEAR 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE IOWA
BORDER...ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AROUND 10 INCHES
OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO
EAU CLAIRE. ABOUT A FOOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM WILLMAR THROUGH
MORA AND CAMBRIDGE...ON EAST TO LADYSMITH. AROUND 9 INCHES OF
SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE MORRIS...ALEXANDRIA AND LITTLE FALLS
AREAS.

ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE GUSTY NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING FOR MUCH
OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG
WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

RAH/LS





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