URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
536 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...SNOW FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT...
.A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...FROM ST. JAMES...MANKATO AND OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO
THE IOWA BORDER.
EARLY THIS EVENING...SNOW WAS FALLING ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM
FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA. THE SNOW WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE SNOW OVER FAR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL EXPAND TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING ALONG
WITH AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
NIGHT. TRAVELERS WILL FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTER VISIBILITIES LESS THAN
ONE MILE.
THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL BE ALONG THE I-90
CORRIDOR...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES FORECAST. SNOW ACCUMULATION
FARTHER NORTH IN THE ST. JAMES...MANKATO AND OWATONNA AREAS WILL
BE UP TO 3 INCHES.
THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH QUICKLY TO LIGHT SNOW OR
FLURRIES SUNDAY MORNING.
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
536 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...
A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY.
SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE
GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT WILL BE ALONG THE I-90
CORRIDOR...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES FORECAST. SNOW ACCUMULATION
FARTHER NORTH...IN THE ST. JAMES...MANKATO AND OWATONNA AREAS
WILL BE UP TO 3 INCHES. TRAVELERS WILL FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTER
VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...INCLUDING
ALONG INTERSTATE 90.
BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-
FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...CENTRAL CITY...
OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...
ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...
BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...
HEBRON
742 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
SUNDAY.
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA SUNDAY MORNING WITH ONLY FLURRIES LEFT BY EARLY
AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY PULLING WARM AIR UP OVER THE COLD SURFACE AIR. THIS WILL
RESULT IN A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA WITH
FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. AREAS OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT...BETWEEN
ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...
MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
804 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY.
A LIGHT WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL
CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO
LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATION THROUGH SUNDAY IS EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND BE CAREFUL WHILE TRAVELING.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...GALENA...
FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...
ROCK ISLAND
804 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SUNDAY.
AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT.
THE DRIZZLE WILL FREEZE ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES...MAKING FOR
EXTREMELY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. SLEET AND SNOW MAY ALSO OCCUR...
WITH LOCATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 SEEING 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE
DURING THE NIGHT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL
WHILE DRIVING.
LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-
HENDERSON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...
KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH
804 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SUNDAY.
A WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION LATE THIS
EVENING WILL BE VERY LIGHT WITH A THIN GLAZING OF ICE ON ELEVATED
OBJECTS AND ROADWAYS...AND SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN
ONE INCH. THE WINTRY MIXTURE WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE
TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR UP
TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATION.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND BE CAREFUL
WHILE DRIVING.
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
812 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY...
THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY.
ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF
SUNDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH A
TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...
HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR..CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
812 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY...
THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY.
ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF
SUNDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH A
TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK
812 PM CST SAT DEC 8 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY...
THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY.
ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF
SUNDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH A
TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED.
A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
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