URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1052 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...LATE SEASON WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN IOWA...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS TONIGHT BEFORE
MOVING EAST THROUGH THE REGION ON THURSDAY. RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO SPREAD INTO IOWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THURSDAY BEFORE
ENDING LATE IN THE DAY. FAR NORTHERN IOWA IS MOST FAVORED FOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TIME.
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY
1052 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS FAR NORTHERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE THURSDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE
AMOUNT OF COLD AIR AND MOISTURE THAT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS
NORTHERN IOWA...AND THESE FACTORS WILL GREATLY AFFECT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL IS GREATER OVER
MINNESOTA ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN IOWA.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
REV
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT.
AHEAD OF THIS LOW...A STRONG FRONT ALOFT WILL ALLOW SNOWFALL TO
DEVELOP AND BECOME FOCUSED IN A RELATIVELY NARROW BAND...WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 1000
PM CST THROUGH 600 AM CST. DEVELOPMENT SHOULD TAKE PLACE OVER
SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING...THEN SLOWLY SHIFT NORTH TO AROUND INTERSTATE 90 AROUND
MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU
1115 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
CDT THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HEAVY
SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A BRIEF MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND QUICKLY
BECOME ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...FALLING AS
QUICKLY AS AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF AN HOUR...WILL OCCUR WITH
THIS BAND OF SNOW AND BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT 6 TO 9 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
IN MOST LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT 1000 PM CST AND
600 AM CST. WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT
EXPECTED TO CREATE ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS.
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-JERAULD-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA..
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS
1115 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A BRIEF MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND
QUICKLY BECOME ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW...FALLING AS QUICKLY AS AN INCH AN
HOUR...WILL OCCUR WITH THIS BAND OF SNOW. BY LATE THURSDAY
MORNING...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT 3 TO 6
INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN MOST LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR
BETWEEN ABOUT 1000 PM CST AND 600 AM CST. WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 20
MPH...BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO CREATE ANY MAJOR
PROBLEMS.
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-COTTONWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE
1115 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM CDT
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A BRIEF MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND
QUICKLY BECOME ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW...FALLING AS QUICKLY AS AN INCH AN
HOUR...WILL OCCUR WITH THIS BAND OF SNOW. BY LATE THURSDAY
MORNING...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT 3 TO 6
INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN MOST LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR
BETWEEN ABOUT 1000 PM CST AND 600 AM CST. WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 20
MPH...BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO CREATE ANY MAJOR
PROBLEMS.
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.
SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...
HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...PARKSTON...FREEMAN..MENNO...
TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1115 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT
THURSDAY.
A BRIEF MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND
QUICKLY BECOME ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW...FALLING AS QUICKLY AS AN INCH AN
HOUR...WILL OCCUR WITH THIS BAND OF SNOW. BY LATE THURSDAY
MORNING...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT 3 TO 6
INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN MOST LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR
BETWEEN ABOUT 1000 PM CST AND 600 AM CST. WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 20
MPH...BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS NOT EXPECTED TO CREATE ANY MAJOR
PROBLEMS.
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.
...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...
.MOISTURE IS SURGING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE PLAINS TODAY...AHEAD OF
A WEATHER SYSTEM SHIFTING EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES. A PRECIPITATION
BAND CURRENTLY FORMING OVER IOWA WILL INTENSIFY AND SHIFT FURTHER
NORTH TONIGHT. THE FURTHER NORTH THIS BAND SHIFTS...THE GREATER
THE POSSIBILITY OF ONLY SNOW FALLING...AND NO RAIN. THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE BAND MAY STAY FURTHER
SOUTH...ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN IN AN AREA
WHERE RAIN WOULD OCCUR INITIALLY...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT.
THIS WOULD REDUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS
RAIN AND SNOW AREA...WOULD BE A BAND OF ALL SNOW. IN THAT ALL SNOW
AREA...POSSIBLY THE I-90 CORRIDOR SOUTH TO THE RAIN-SNOW AREA...2
TO 6 INCHES OF FRESH SNOW WOULD BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY THURSDAY
EVENING.
IT APPEARS THAT AMOUNTS OVER 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE UNLIKELY FROM
THIS STORM...HOWEVER SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS. BY 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON...MORE DETAIL TO THE FORECAST WILL BE ADDED. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH WILL BE CHANGED TO EITHER ADVISORIES OR CANCELLED
DEPENDING ON THE LATEST INDICATIONS.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1120 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. HEAVIER
SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO FALL THURSDAY...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW
ENDING BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 INCHES. MORE DETAIL TO THE FORECAST WILL
BE ADDED BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
BAUMGARDT
...PLOWABLE SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...
.A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY
OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH 7 PM
THURSDAY EVENING. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 7 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 7 PM
THURSDAY EVENING. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE ALBERT
LEA...MANKATO...OWATONNA...RED WING...AND REDWOOD FALLS.
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...OR
LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.
LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TODAY AND EJECT
TOWARD EASTERN IOWA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THE FORECAST PATH
OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOWFALL EXPECTED DURING THE DAY
ON THURSDAY. LOCATIONS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER
VALLEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.
LIGHT SNOWFALL...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AT ITS ONSET...WILL
LIKELY BEGIN DURING THE EVENING ON WEDNESDAY...SPREAD TOWARD
CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY
EVENING.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE HIGHER-END AMOUNTS OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM CANBY...TO REDWOOD FALLS...TO ALBERT LEA.
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.
YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANITE FALLS...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
1134 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TODAY AND
EJECT TOWARD EASTERN IOWA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THE
FORECAST PATH OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW TO OVERSPREAD
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOWFALL EXPECTED DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH AND WEST OF THE
MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. LIGHT SNOWFALL...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN
AT ITS ONSET...WILL LIKELY BEGIN DURING THE EVENING ON
WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE HIGHER-END AMOUNTS OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM CANBY TO REDWOOD FALLS.
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.
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
1134 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TODAY AND
EJECT TOWARD EASTERN IOWA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THE
FORECAST PATH OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW TO OVERSPREAD
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOWFALL EXPECTED DURING
THE DAY ON THURSDAY. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH AND WEST OF THE
MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. LIGHT SNOWFALL...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN
AT ITS ONSET...WILL LIKELY BEGIN DURING THE EVENING ON
WEDNESDAY...SPREAD TOWARD CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...AND
CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE HIGHER-END AMOUNTS OCCURRING TOWARD THE
INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR.
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.
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