Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES
OR MORE TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT THIS TIME...
THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THE HEAVY SNOW IS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE
FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO ALBERT LEA. THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY WITH THE
EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. CHECK LATER WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGES FOR MORE DETAILS.
MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-021800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0005.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
346 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW DEVELOPING SUNDAY NIGHT THEN
CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING ON
TUESDAY.
* MAIN IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE
ALONG WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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RAH
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
628 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
031230-
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-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
628 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS OF DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A QUARTER MILE...
WILL OCCUR ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS FOR MORE DETAILS DURING THE
WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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RAH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
349 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
031000-
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE ILLINOIS-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-
DUPAGE-COOK-LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-
IROQUOIS-FORD-LAKE INDIANA-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
349 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013 /449 AM EST SAT MAR 2 2013/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS COULD RESULT IN SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
NEAR THE LAKE IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT.
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COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO
WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
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