Winter Storm Watch Continues For Minnesota

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
323 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...SNOW EXPECTED WITH POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS IN
SOUTHERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...
.A WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH 7 PM THURSDAY EVENING. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 7 AM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH 7 PM THURSDAY EVENING. COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE
WATCH INCLUDE ALBERT LEA...APPLETON...HUTCHINSON... MANKATO...
OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...AND THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES
METRO AREA. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
PIERCE...PEPIN...DUNN...AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN.
LOW PRESSURE IS STILL EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND EJECT TOWARDS EASTERN
IOWA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THE FORECAST PATH OF THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW DURING
THE DAY THURSDAY ESPECIALLY. 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...
SPREADING INTO PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK
THURSDAY...CONTINUING INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL
FOR SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS GREATEST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO OLIVIA...SAINT PETER...AND FARIBAULT.
SOME OF THE SNOWFALL MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY EAST WINDS...
NAMELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FURTHER
HAMPERING TRAVEL.
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.
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
323 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING.
LOW PRESSURE IS STILL EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND EJECT TOWARDS EASTERN
IOWA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THE FORECAST PATH OF THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW DURING
THE DAY THURSDAY ESPECIALLY. 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...
SPREADING INTO PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK
THURSDAY...CONTINUING INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL
FOR SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS GREATEST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO OLIVIA...SAINT PETER...AND FARIBAULT.
SOME OF THE SNOWFALL MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY EAST WINDS...
NAMELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FURTHER
HAMPERING TRAVEL.
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.
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
323 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
LOW PRESSURE IS STILL EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND EJECT TOWARDS EASTERN
IOWA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THE FORECAST PATH OF THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW DURING
THE DAY THURSDAY ESPECIALLY. 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...
SPREADING INTO PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND DAYBREAK
THURSDAY...CONTINUING INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL
FOR SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS GREATEST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF
A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO...TO OLIVIA...SAINT PETER...AND FARIBAULT.
SOME OF THE SNOWFALL MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY EAST WINDS...
NAMELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FURTHER
HAMPERING TRAVEL.
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.
.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP FROM WYOMING TO EASTERN COLORADO THIS
AFTERNOON...AND MOVE EAST OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THURSDAY. MOIST
AIR IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTH AND CLASH WITH THE
COLDER AIR IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTER
PRECIPITATION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH
DAKOTA AND INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND FAR NORTHERN IOWA.
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA..BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS
338 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW...WHICH COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
TONIGHT. THE SNOW SHOULD DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE
90...WITH AMOUNTS BECOMING MUCH LESS FURTHER SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE. AT THIS TIME...THE CITIES OF SIOUX FALLS AND MITCHELL
ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM.
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.
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU
338 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW...WHICH COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BEFORE DECREASING BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE COULD BE
WIDESPREAD WITH UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
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.
...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM FOR THE AREA...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND
TOWARD THE LOWER GREAT LAKES ON THURSDAY...BRINGING A THREAT FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOW. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE NORTH OF THE
LOW TRACK TO PRODUCE SNOW FOR MOST PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LIGHT
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE AREA FROM WEST TO
EAST TONIGHT. HEAVIER SNOW WILL THEN FALL THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES WITH SOME
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
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
430 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 AND THURSDAY
EVENING BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
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.
...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
333 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
A 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.
KINNEY