Winter Storm Watch From NWS Office In Twin Cities-Chanhassen, MN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
234 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008
...HEAVY WET MARCH SNOW EXPECTED FOR PART OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND TRACK INTO EASTERN IOWA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY
MORNING. THE FORECAST PATH OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PUT MUCH OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA IN THE SNOW SHIELD WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY
SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY.
A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY SPREAD INTO PART
OF WESTERN WISCONSIN AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. SOME OF THE SNOWFALL MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
GUSTY EAST WINDS...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
234 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL HOURS OF MIXED RAIN AND SNOW MAY OCCUR
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY...PRECIPITATION WILL
LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TOWARD MIDNIGHT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
BECOME HEAVY. WITH SPRING SNOW EVENTS...SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
CAN OFTEN OCCUR. IF THUNDER UNFOLDS WITHIN THIS SYSTEM...LOCALLY
VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR OVER A VERY SMALL TIME FRAME AND
GREATLY EXACERBATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE MOST LIKELY
AREA FOR THUNDER-SNOW WOULD BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
SOME OF THE SNOWFALL MAY ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY EAST
WINDS...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-PIERCE-
DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...
FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
234 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
HEAVY...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PART OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN
BECOME HEAVY BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY PUSH
INTO PART OF WESTERN WISCONSIN SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK THURSDAY AND
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. SOME OF THE SNOWFALL MAY ALSO BE
ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY EAST WINDS...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.
...ANOTHER EARLY SPRING SNOW STORM FOR THE AREA...
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE
KANSAS-OKLAHOMA REGION TOWARD THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE NORTH OF THE
LOW TO PRODUCE SNOW FOR MOST LOCATIONS. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SPREADING INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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
327 PM CDT TUE MAR 25 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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.