URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 338 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS APPEAR LIKELY ON THURSDAY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA... .A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT WINDS OF 40MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WHERE THERE IS LESS CONFIDENCE IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DUE TO SLIGHTLY WEAKER WINDS AND LESS OF A FRESH SNOWPACK. MEANWHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW. A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BLOW AROUND THE SNOW THAT FELL ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY AND EVENING. LASTLY...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL BELOW ZERO...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO BY THURSDAY EVENING. MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-151800- /O.UPG.KMPX.BZ.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.W.0001.140116T0900Z-140117T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM 338 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND LAST THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH GUSTING TO 55 MPH. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. * ADDITIONAL IMPACT: WIND CHILLS NEAR 30 BELOW BY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:45:19 +0000
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