Snow And Blowing Snow Advisories Throughout The Mid West Tonight

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
555 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...BRISK WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN UPPER MICHIGAN CONTINUES TO CREATE STRONG
WINDS OVER NORTHERN IOWA RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY...CAUSING NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN RURAL AREAS.
THE POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LAST UNTIL LATE EVENING WHEN WINDS
WILL DIMINISH.
WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOREST CITY...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...
MASON CITY...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO
555 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
IOWA PRODUCING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES...DUE TO LOW
VISIBILITY. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH HAVE CAUSED NEAR WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA ALONG INTERSTATE 35. THE
WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS RESULTING IN
POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS ACROSS NORTHERN
IOWA. PERSONS TRAVELING THIS EVENING ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN IF THE VISIBILITY BECOMES POOR.
A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE VISIBILITY WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS.
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AS A STRONG
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
AS OF 6 PM THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN FOUR AND SEVEN
INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...INCLUDING 6.7 INCHES IN EAU CLAIRE. TWO TO FOUR INCHES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN EASTERN
MINNESOTA TO TWO INCHES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH THESE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE FAIRLY
MINOR...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH
THROUGH THE EVENING LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS
WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...NAMELY IN RURAL AREAS. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATES 35...90...AND 94.
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT
637 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AS A STRONG
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
AS OF 6 PM THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR
INCHES HAD BEEN REPORTED OR ESTIMATED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES
METRO AREA.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN EASTERN
MINNESOTA TO TWO INCHES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH THESE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE FAIRLY
MINOR...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH
THROUGH THE EVENING LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS
WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...NAMELY IN RURAL AREAS. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATES 35 AND 94.
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
637 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW FALL WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING AS A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
AS OF 6 PM THIS EVENING...REPORTS FROM FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
INDICATED POOR CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITIES.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE
EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE MORE
TROUBLESOME FACTOR WILL BE THE BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL
CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING LEADING TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. THIS WILL GREATLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES...NAMELY IN RURAL AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE
HAZARDOUS TO TRAVELERS...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90.