Winter Storm WarningAlert:...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO RESULT IN SEVERE TRAVEL IMPACTS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... ...CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED SUCH THAT A PORTION OF THE WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LARGE SWATH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM THE MORRIS AND GRANITE FALLS AREAS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO MUCH OF WESTERN WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT 8 TO 12 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING. MOST IT WILL FALL FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...INCLUDING BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...LESSER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...AND THIS INCLUDES THE NEW ULM...MANKATO AND OWATONNA AREAS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW STORM OF THE SEASON. EXPECT TRAVEL ON MONDAY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED...AND TRAVEL MAY BE IMPACTED AFTER THE STORM ENDS AS MUCH COLDER AIR SURGING IN BEHIND THIS STORM MAY KEEP COMPACTED SNOW ON THE ROADS FOR A FEW DAYS. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS...SEVERE TRAVEL DELAYS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND THIS BEING THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON IN MANY AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IF VEHICLES BECOME STUCK DURING THE COMMUTES. CONSIDER ALTERING TRAVEL PLANS MONDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW WHICH MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS LIKELY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL START LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.Instructions:A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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 TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.Target Area:Anoka Benton Carver Chippewa Chisago Dakota Hennepin Isanti Kanabec Kandiyohi Lac Qui Parle McLeod Meeker Mille Lacs Pope Ramsey Renville Scott Sherburne Sibley Stearns Stevens Swift Washington Wright Yellow Medicine
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 05:32:13 +0000
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