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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
225 AM CST WED FEB 18 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.RAIN WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BY MID MORNING RESULTING IN A FEW
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH THIS EVENING. A NARROW BAND OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE. THIS BAND WILL TRACK ROUGHLY FROM MORRIS TO THE TWIN CITIES
METRO. WINDS INCREASING LATER THIS MORNING AS THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW
HAPPENS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL. SNOW WILL BE
WET AND HEAVY, BUT SOME MINOR BLOWING SNOW CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN
OPEN AREAS.
MNZ041-047>049-055-057-058-190300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.260218T1200Z-260219T0300Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BENSON, ALEXANDRIA, LITCHFIELD, WILLMAR,
GLENWOOD, MORRIS, AND ST CLOUD
225 AM CST WED FEB 18 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
* WHERE...KANDIYOHI, MEEKER, STEARNS, DOUGLAS, POPE, STEVENS, AND
SWIFT COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT
511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.
BPH
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