2-20-11 St Paul, MN - TWC *Winter Storm Warning* 3:18 pm

Описание: [Below is from NWS Chanhassen (Twin Cities), MN]
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...VERY HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA...

.AS MUCH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN JUST A FEW SHORT
HOURS THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN AREAS SUCH AS
ALBERT LEA...OWATONA...MANKATO...NEW ULM...AND ST. JAMES. HEAVY
SNOW IS SPREADING NORTH AND EXPANDING INTO THE EAU CLAIRE
AREA...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND AREAS FROM HUTCHINSON TO WILLMAR
TO MONTEVIDEO.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST
OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM IN MINNESOTA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS
WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY EVENING MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD SEE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WILL SEE SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY
INTO MONDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING
SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY.

THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH
RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD
THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST
CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW
TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA
MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO DES MOINES THIS EVENING AND
THEN INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT.