Urgent - Winter Weather message National Weather Service Twin Cities/chanhassen MN 404 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2014 ...Major Winter storm becoming Likely thursday through Friday... .a Winter Storm Watch has Been issued East of a line from Canby to Montevideo...Paynesville...And Lake mille lacs Minnesota from thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon...Including the Twin Cities metro and Western Wisconsin. A powerful storm system with copious amounts of moisture will track from the Southern Plains thursday morning to Northern Missouri thursday evening and Lake Michigan Early Friday afternoon. A large batch of precipitation beginning as a Mix of Rain and Snow will turn to all Snow thursday afternoon and continue through Friday. Snow will be heavy at times late thursday afternoon through Friday morning with 1 to 2 inch per hour rates possible. Total Snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches are expected...With the heaviest amounts across Eastern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. Mille lacs-kanabec-Stearns-Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-chisago- 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- including the cities of...Princeton...Mora...St. Cloud...Foley... Elk River...Cambridge...Center City...Montevideo...Willmar... Litchfield...Monticello...Minneapolis...Blaine...St. Paul... Stillwater...Granite Falls...Olivia...Hutchinson...Gaylord... Chaska...Shakopee...Burnsville...Redwood Falls...New Ulm... St. Peter...Le Sueur...Faribault...Red Wing...St. James... Mankato...Waseca...Owatonna...Fairmont...Blue Earth... Albert Lea...Amery...Balsam Lake...Rice Lake...Barron... Ladysmith...Hudson...New Richmond...River Falls...Prescott... Menomonie...Boyceville...Durand...Pepin...Chippewa Falls... Bloomer...Eau Claire...Altoona 404 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2014 ...Winter Storm Watch in effect from thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/chanhassen has issued a Winter Storm Watch...Which is in effect from thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon. * Timing...Thursday afternoon through Mid Friday afternoon. Precipitation will begin as a Light wintry Mix Wednesday night...And transition to all Snow thursday afternoon and evening. The Snow will be heavy at times thursday night and Friday morning before tapering off Friday afternoon. * Snow accumulation...6 to 12 inches...With the heaviest amounts Likely across Eastern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. * Wind...Northeast 10 to 15 mph becoming Northwest and increasing to 15 to 25 mph with some gusts to 35 mph. * Impacts...Travel will become hazardous thursday night and Friday. This will also be a wet Snow which will be Difficult to shovel. 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. &&
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 02:37:48 +0000