NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNINGS/WATCHES ARE NOT TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AFTER EXPIRATION TIME. WWUS43 KMPX 221720 WSWMSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1118 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE AREA... .A SURGE OF DRY AIR HAS STARTED TO PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING...KEEPING MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. WITH THIS DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE REST OF TODAY...ALONG WITH THE BEST DYNAMICS STAYING WELL EAST AND NORTH...NO SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OR ICING IS EXPECTED. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-230518- DODGE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-MOWER-OLMSTED-WABASHA-WINONA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF-AUSTIN-CALEDONIA-DODGE CENTER-LA CRESCENT- PRESTON-ROCHESTER-WABASHA-WINONA- ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CANCELLED... ALTHOUGH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL BE PREPARED FOR POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BE ESPECIALLY SLICK. $$ RIECK WWUS43 KMPX 221524 WSWMSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 924 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...A WINTRY MIX CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN MINNESOTA THE NORTHERN BORDER OF THE ADVISORY RUNS FROM NEAR NEW ULM THEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO AROUND FOREST LAKE. IN WISCONSIN IT INCLUDES THE EAU CLAIRE...LADYSMITH...RICE LAKE... AMERY AND DURAND AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR AT 900 AM SHOWED A BAND OF MIXED FREEZING RAIN..SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY NORTH WITH THE LEADING EDGE FROM NEAR ST PAUL TO LAKEVILLE TO WASECA. REPORTS FROM SURFACE OBSERVING STATIONS SHOWED THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO MAINLY SNOW SOUTH FROM EAU CLAIRE TO FAIRMONT WITH A MIX IN AREAS FARTHER NORTH. LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME SNOW. MNZ069-070-076>078-083>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-221900- BLUE EARTH-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-PEPIN WI- PIERCE WI-RICE-SCOTT-STEELE-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...FAIRMONT...MANKATO...RED WING ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY... DOPPLER RADAR AT 900 AM SHOWED WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. BY NOON MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE CHANGING TO SNOW. UNTIL THEN EXPECT A MIXED BAG OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. $$ WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-221900- BARRON WI-CHIPPEWA WI-DUNN WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-POLK WI-RUSK WI- ST. CROIX WI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAU CLAIRE...MENOMONIE...NEW RICHMOND... RICE LAKE ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY... DOPPLER RADAR AT 900 AM SHOWED SCATTERED LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. SURFACE REPORTS CONTINUED TO SHOW A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY NOON WITH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. $$ MNZ060>063-067-068-074-075-082-221900- ANOKA-BROWN-CARVER-HENNEPIN-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-SIBLEY-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY... DOPPLER RADAR AT 900 AM SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TOWARD MANKATO. SURFACE REPORTS CONTINUED TO SHOW A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW..SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS VERY SLOWLY ADVANCING NORTH. BY NOON MIXED PRECIPITATION TYPES SHOULD PUSH ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS...NEW ULM AND NEW PRAGUE. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULTION POSSIBLE. $$ BAP WWUS43 KMPX 221332 WSWMSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 731 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGING TO SNOW... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN EXPANDED NORTH THROUGH NEW ULM... MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL...HUDSON AND RICE LAKE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET MAY STILL PRECEED THE ANTICIPATED SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE THIS FORENOON. VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AS GLAZED SURFACES BECOME COATED WITH SNOW. $$ MNZ060-062-063-067>069-074>076-082-083-091-WIZ014>016-023-221700- BARRON WI-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-HENNEPIN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-NICOLLET- POLK WI-RAMSEY-RUSK WI-SCOTT-SIBLEY-ST. CROIX WI-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRMONT...MANKATO...MINNEAPOLIS... NEW RICHMOND...RICE LAKE...ST PAUL ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY... A SHORT PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL PRECEED SNOW THAT IS MOVING OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE TWIN CITIES DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS PRECIPITATION SPREADING NORTH FROM MANKATO...FARMINGTON...RIVER FALLS AND MENOMONIE. BY 1000 AM...THIS PRECIPITATION WILL REACH HUTCHINSON...NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY...FOREST LAKE...TURTLE LAKE AND BARRON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE AFTERNOON. $$ MNZ070-077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ024>028-221700- CHIPPEWA WI-DAKOTA-DUNN WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE- PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-RICE-STEELE-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...EAU CLAIRE...MENOMONIE...RED WING ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY... FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET HAS OR WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS REACHING 1 TO 3 INCHES. $$ WWUS43 KMPX 221306 WSWMSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 704 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... .A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO PUMP MOISTURE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. COLDER AIR IS WORKING SOUTHWARD OVER THE REGION...CHANGING A MIXED BAG OF RAIN SLEET AND SNOW OVER TO ALL SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AFTER AN OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE WHICH RANGED FROM ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IN MANY AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD NEAR 30 FOR THE DAY WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ079-086>088-094>096-221604- DODGE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-MOWER-OLMSTED-WABASHA-WINONA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF-AUSTIN-CALEDONIA-DODGE CENTER-LA CRESCENT- PRESTON-ROCHESTER-WABASHA-WINONA- ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY... ANY REMAINING MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN QUITE POOR AS SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTRIBUTE TO ALREADY ICY CONDITIONS FROM OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW FROM THE EAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION THIS MORNING. $$ DEVOIR WWUS43 KMPX 221049 WSWMSP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 449 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...AN ICY GLAZE THEN SNOW EXPECTED TODAY... .A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG WINTER STORM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY. A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAS ALREADY DEPOSITED A GLAZE ON UNTREATED SURFACES FROM WABASHA...AND OWATONNA SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER. THIS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO SPREAD NORTH AT 15 MPH AND REACH A LINE FROM NORTHFIELD TO HASTINGS...ELLSWORTH...MENOMONIE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS BY 600 AM. FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TOWARD MIDDAY. GLAZED SURFACES WILL BECOME COATED WITH SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM AN INCH NEAR FARIBAULT AND HASTINGS TO 5 INCHES AROUND ROCHESTER. $$ MNZ079-086>088-094>096-221630- DODGE-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-MOWER-OLMSTED-WABASHA-WINONA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ROCHESTER ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY... AT 430 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET SPREADING NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. ICY ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE QUARTER TO NEAR ONE THIRD INCH ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE A TRANSITION TO SNOW. PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. $$ MNZ070-077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ024>028-221630- CHIPPEWA WI-DAKOTA-DUNN WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE- PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-RICE-STEELE-WASECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...EAU CLAIRE...MENOMONIE...RED WING ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SNOW A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET SPREADING NORTH INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. ICING CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED SURFACES ARE LIKELY DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. $$ WH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNINGS/WATCHES ARE NOT TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AFTER EXPIRATION TIME. *** NO WARNINGS/WATCHES DURING THE LAST 6 HOURS ***