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FPUS73 KMPX 240813
NOWMPX
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
213 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-241015-
BENTON-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MEEKER-MORRISON-POPE-
SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
ST CLOUD...WILLMAR
213 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
NOW
A THICK PEA SOUP FOG HAS EXPANDED IN AREAL COVERAGE ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SINCE MIDNIGHT.
THE THICKEST FOG IS OCCURRING BETWEEN ST CLOUD AND FERGUS FALLS...AND
BETWEEN WILLMAR AND PARK RAPIDS. THIS INCLUDES PLACES LIKE WADENA
AND LONG PRAIRIE...SAUK CENTRE...GLENWOOD...ALEXANDRIA...ELBOW LAKE
AND DETROIT LAKES.
VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO LAST ALL NIGHT AND MAY EXPAND IN COVERAGE.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN FOGGY AREAS. THESE ARE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR MULTI CAR PILE UPS.
SLOW DOWN...AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS.
MNZ044-045-052-053-060>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-023-024-
026-241015-
ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MILLE LACS-
NICOLLET-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-
ST CROIX-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...
HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS...NEW ULM...OWATONNA...
RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER
213 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
NOW
A WIDE AREA OF STEADY LIGHT RAIN AND SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND
EVEN AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...IS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF THE
SOUTHERN THIRD AND EASTERN QUARTER OF MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
A THICK BLANKET OF DENSE FOG IS OVERSPREADING WESTERN AND
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THAT WAY BE PREPAIRED
TO SLOW DOWN.
THE RAIN KEEPS MOVING NORTH ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA...IOWA...AND
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...WITH NO END
IN SIGHT.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING ARE OCCURRING AROUND JACKSON AND FAIRMONT AND
NORTHERN IOWA.
A WIDESPREAD TENTH OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
UP TO A HALF INCH COULD FALL OVERNIGHT AROUND FAIRMONT...ST JAMES...
NEW ULM...SPRINGFIELD...WINDOM AND WORTHINGTON.
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