More Snow And Winter Storm Watches Up For Mid West

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1246 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WITH SIGNIFICANT LATE-SEASON
ACCUMULATIONS BECOMING LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
.A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM 1 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 7
AM SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF
ALEXANDRIA...APPLETON...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...LADYSMITH...
MORA...REDWOOD FALLS...RICE LAKE...ST. CLOUD...AND THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA. A WINTER WEATHER HEADLINE IS LIKELY FOR THE
REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER
TODAY OR TONIGHT.
A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOWFALL IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY
ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY
INITIALLY BEGIN OR BE MIXED WITH RAIN...HOWEVER A TRANSITION TO A
WET HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MID-AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO LAST THE BETTER PART OF THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS FRIDAY. THE
ATMOSPHERE APPEARS CONDUCIVE FOR THE SNOWFALL RATES TO BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...INCLUDING WITHIN THUNDER SNOW. BY FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST A HALF FOOT ARE APPEARING LIKELY WITH
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...NAMELY IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND THE HEAVY SNOWFALL
RATES...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...PRIMARILY IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT...
AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
1246 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A PORTION OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR IN
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM 1 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 7
AM SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF
ALEXANDRIA...APPLETON...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...LADYSMITH...
MORA...REDWOOD FALLS...RICE LAKE...ST. CLOUD...AND THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA. A WINTER WEATHER HEADLINE IS LIKELY FOR THE
REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER
TODAY OR TONIGHT.
A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOWFALL IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY
ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY
INITIALLY BEGIN OR BE MIXED WITH RAIN...HOWEVER A TRANSITION TO A
WET HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MID-AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO LAST THE BETTER PART OF THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS FRIDAY. THE
ATMOSPHERE APPEARS CONDUCIVE FOR THE SNOWFALL RATES TO BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...INCLUDING WITHIN THUNDER SNOW. BY FRIDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST A HALF FOOT ARE APPEARING LIKELY WITH
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...NAMELY IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND THE HEAVY SNOWFALL
RATES...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...PRIMARILY IN RURAL OPEN AREAS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONSIDERING THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS STORM...ENSURE YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY ARE STILL PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
.A STRONG WINTER LIKE STORM WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. RAIN WILL
CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY...BUT THE MAJORITY OF
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT.
LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-
MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...
BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA..BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION
356 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
AS A STRONG WINTER LIKE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES...RAIN WILL SPREAD
EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW AS
EARLY AS THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
INTO THE JAMES VALLEY...THEN BY EARLY AFTERNOON RAIN WILL BEGIN TO
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. IN THE WATCH AREA...SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...AND COULD PRODUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTH OR
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY
THURSDAY EVENING AND WHEN COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW MAY
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND IMPAIR 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.
...STRONG LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. IN RESPONSE TO THIS SYSTEM AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND MOVE SLOWLY
THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL
ENTRAIN AMPLE MOISTURE MOVING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND
RESULT IN RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WEST
OF FULLERTON TO RAVENNA TO ELWOOD NEBRASKA LINE WITH THE REMAINDER OF
THE WATCH AREA CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE
TAPERING TO VERY LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...GREELEY...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...ELWOOD
252 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
LOOK FOR PERIODS OF RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW STARTING LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED TO LAST
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE NORTH OF A FULLERTON TO RAVENNA TO ELWOOD NEBRASKA LINE
BY EARLY ON FRIDAY.
STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS MAY CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW RESULTING IN REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
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.
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW POSSIBLE FROM LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...
.AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PLAINS...BRINGING SNOW TO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN
IOWA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING.
THOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE TRACK OF THE
SYSTEM AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY.
BOONE-MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...NORFOLK
336 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
RAIN SHOULD BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL
LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE
FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE
LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NELIGH TO WAYNE. STRONG WINDS
ARE EXPECTED...WHICH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOW
VISIBILITY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
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.
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...NELIGH...
PIERCE...WAYNE
336 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
RAIN SHOULD BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL
LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW BY THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE
FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
ARE LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NELIGH TO WAYNE. STRONG WINDS
ARE EXPECTED...WHICH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOW
VISIBILITY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
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.
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