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WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1022 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...THE SPRING SNOW STORM IS STARTING TO DIMINISH...

.ALTHOUGH THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
HAVE EXPIRED...THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS WITH
POOR VISIBILITY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... BUT THE STORM WAS
BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. ONLY ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED FROM LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS TO CAMBRIDGE...AS
WELL AS ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ST CLOUD AND THE
NORTHERN TWI CITIES SUBURBS. THE FALLING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE
GUSTY WINDS... WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 MILE FOR
BRIEF PERIODS. BUT SINCE THE SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF... THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA... AND THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS AROUND
FIFTEEN INCHES. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED TREACHEROUS
TRAVEL ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALSO SEE POOR VISIBILITY
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON IN AREAS WHERE FALLING SNOW COMBINES WITH
STRONG WIND.

THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT
WAS IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE
THUNDER BAY AREA THIS AFTERNOON.


MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-261630-
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DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
1022 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

ALTHOUGH THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...THE STRONG WINDS
WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY THE REST OF THIS
MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... BUT THE STORM WAS BEGINNING TO
DIMINISH. ONLY ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LITTLE
FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS TO CAMBRIDGE...AS WELL AS ALONG
INTERSTATE 94 FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ST CLOUD AND THE NORTHERN TWI
CITIES SUBURBS. THE FALLING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...
WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS. BUT
SINCE THE SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF... THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA... AND THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS AROUND
FIFTEEN INCHES. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED TREACHEROUS
TRAVEL ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALSO SEE POOR VISIBILITY
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON IN AREAS WHERE FALLING SNOW COMBINES WITH
STRONG WIND.

THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT
WAS IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE
THUNDER BAY AREA THIS AFTERNOON.


$$

MNZ043-044-049-050-057-065-073-261630-
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MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
1022 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

ALTHOUGH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...THE STRONG
WINDS WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS WITH POOR VISIBILITY THE REST OF
THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... BUT THE STORM WAS BEGINNING
TO DIMINISH. ONLY ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM
LITTLE FALLS AND LAKE MILLE LACS TO CAMBRIDGE...AS WELL AS ALONG
INTERSTATE 94 FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ST CLOUD AND THE NORTHERN TWI
CITIES SUBURBS. THE FALLING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...
WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS. BUT
SINCE THE SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF... THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA... WITH TWO OR FOUR INCHES FROM REDWOOD FALLS UP TO LAKE
MILLE LACS. THE POOR VISIBILITY WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL...
IN AREAS WHERE FALLING SNOW COMBINES WITH STRONG WIND.

THE SNOW IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT
WAS IN FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE
THUNDER BAY AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

$$
TDK