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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
305 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2025
..BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ALL TYPES OF SPRING WEATHER TO
WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL TURN TO A
WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER 4 AM SATURDAY MORNING,
THEN TO MODERATE OR HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 7-10 AM AS MUCH COLDER AIR
ARRIVES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE MID
SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING
THE TRANSITION WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THE SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-140815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0003.250315T0900Z-250316T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORRIS, BENSON, MONTEVIDEO, GRANITE
FALLS, GLENWOOD, ALEXANDRIA, AND MADISON
305 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES, SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH, AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A LIGHT GLAZE
POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.
* WHERE...CHIPPEWA, DOUGLAS, LAC QUI PARLE, POPE, STEVENS, SWIFT,
AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL
TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. PLAN ON SLIPPERY
ROAD CONDITIONS. STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO
TREES AND POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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