Winter Storm Warning URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 425 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...CONFIDENCE IS QUICKLY INCREASING FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO HUTCHINSON...AND CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO...NEW RICHMOND AND RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD SOUTHWEST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY...REACHING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY EVENING AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND MORA. SHERBURNE-ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON 425 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...THEN TAPER OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...6 TO 9 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. 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.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:02:19 +0000
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