682  
WWUS43 KMPX 190259  
WSWMPX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
859 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
...BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH OVER SOUTHERN AND  
EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...  
 
.SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN  
WISCONSIN. BANDS OF SNOW, SOME HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL  
IMPACTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN  
EFFECT SOUTH OF I-94 AND NORTH AND EAST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER IN  
MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION, A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT  
FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN, MAINLY SURROUNDING THE I-94  
CORRIDOR AS TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE DETERIORATED.  
 
MNZ041-047>049-054>058-190600-  
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260219T0600Z/  
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-  
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORRIS, MONTEVIDEO, ST CLOUD, GLENWOOD,  
LITCHFIELD, BENSON, WILLMAR, MADISON, AND ALEXANDRIA  
859 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. WINDS  
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...KANDIYOHI, MEEKER, STEARNS, CHIPPEWA, DOUGLAS, LAC QUI  
PARLE, POPE, STEVENS, AND SWIFT COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING  
SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE SLIPPERY TRAVEL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT  
511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
MNZ059-060-062-063-066>070-076>078-084-085-WIZ023>028-190600-  
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260219T0600Z/  
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-  
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-  
CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHANHASSEN, CHIPPEWA FALLS, OWATONNA,  
HASTINGS, MINNEAPOLIS, FARIBAULT, SHAKOPEE, WASECA, EAU CLAIRE,  
DURAND, GAYLORD, HUTCHINSON, HUDSON, CHASKA, ST PAUL, STILLWATER, RED  
WING, LE SUEUR, RIVER FALLS, MENOMONIE, VICTORIA, AND MONTICELLO  
859 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. WINDS  
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND  
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING  
SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE SLIPPERY TRAVEL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. IN MINNESOTA, CALL 5 1 1  
OR VISIT 511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS. IN WISCONSIN, CALL 5 1 1 OR  
VISIT 511WI.GOV FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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