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WINTER STORM WATCH |
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WINTER STORM WATCH ISSUED MARCH 12 AT 2:41PM CDT UNTIL MARCH 16 AT 7:00AM CDT
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS, GUSTY WINDS,AND SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS THIS WEEKEND...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY. MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO ILLUSTRATE A REMARKABLE
PRECIPITATION FOOTPRINT ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL YIELD HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ORDER OF 6-10 ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED
TOTALS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MN AND WESTERN WI WILL LIKELY
EXCEED 12 . THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY AND CREATE PERIODS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY. VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS A RESULT.
* WHAT...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS
65 MPH. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH, HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 14 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS
HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...KANDIYOHI, MCLEOD, MEEKER, RENVILLE, STEARNS, WRIGHT,
CHIPPEWA, POPE, STEVENS, AND SWIFT COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT FRIDAY. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH, FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
VERY STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER
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VIEW STORM REPORTS MAP. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATCH, WARNING, ADVISORY |
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STEVENS, POPE, STEARNS, SWIFT, CHIPPEWA, KANDIYOHI, MEEKER, WRIGHT, RENVILLE, MCLEOD
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