Issued by The National Weather Service
Minneapolis, MN
10:59 am CST, Sat., Nov. 13, 2010
... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY.
* TIMING... SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR ARE LIKELY. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.
* MAIN IMPACT... HEAVY WET SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS... VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WITH STRONG WINDS. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY GO DOWN WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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... SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND WIND TODAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE WARNING ALSO CONTINUES FOR POLK AND BARRON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE WARNING AREA... FROM ALBERT LEA TO LADYSMITH AND WILLMAR TO LITTLE FALLS RESPECTIVELY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 8 AND 11 INCHES. THE ADVISORY AREA CAN EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER... STRONGER WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTH AND WEST OF MANKATO. THERE HAVE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES GOING DOWN DUE TO THE WINDS AND THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. THESE TYPES OF REPORTS EXTEND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE TWIN CITIES.
THE HEAVIER RATES OF SNOWFALL... WITH AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR... WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM NEAR AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES... INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... TOWARD CAMBIRDGE... MORA... AND BALSAM LAKE. THE HEAVIEST STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL REACH NEAR 11 INCHES FROM SOUTH CENTRAL..INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES,
SURROUNDING THE HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW... AMOUNTS WILL REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES. THE DIVIDING LINE FOR RAIN AND SNOW WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR ALBERT LEA... TO MENOMONIE AND LADYSMITH. THIS WILL CHANGE VERY LITTLE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON... BUT MAY SHIFT EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST IOWA. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO UPPER MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING.
IF TRAVEL IS PLANNED TODAY... BE SURE TO CHECK ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT AND BE PREPARED TO USE EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION.
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