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WWUS43 KMPX 281336
WSWMPX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
736 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
..BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TODAY ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY
.A BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AMOUNTS WILL
GENERALLY BE ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 4 INCHES, BUT LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 6
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL RATES WILL EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR AT
TIMES, WHICH WILL LEAD TO VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING.
WIZ024-026-281445-
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PIERCE-PEPIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DURAND AND RIVER FALLS
736 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED
WHILE SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON, THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL REMAIN SOUTH.
MNZ047-054>058-064>067-073>075-282300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-260228T2300Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW
MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLMAR, BENSON, GAYLORD, REDWOOD FALLS,
MONTEVIDEO, OLIVIA, ST PETER, HUTCHINSON, MORRIS, NEW ULM,
LITCHFIELD, GRANITE FALLS, AND MADISON
736 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4
INCHES, WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS NEAR 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE
MINNESOTA RIVER.
* WHERE...KANDIYOHI, MCLEOD, MEEKER, RENVILLE, SIBLEY, BROWN,
NICOLLET, REDWOOD, CHIPPEWA, LAC QUI PARLE, STEVENS, SWIFT, AND
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT
511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.
MNZ068>070-076>078-082>085-091>093-010145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-260301T0300Z/
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VICTORIA, ST JAMES, MANKATO, BLUE EARTH, RED
WING, WASECA, SHAKOPEE, CHASKA, LE SUEUR, OWATONNA, CHANHASSEN,
FARIBAULT, FAIRMONT, HASTINGS, AND ALBERT LEA
736 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4
INCHES, WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* WHERE...CARVER, DAKOTA, SCOTT, BLUE EARTH, FARIBAULT, FREEBORN, LE
SUEUR, MARTIN, RICE, STEELE, WASECA, WATONWAN, AND GOODHUE
COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT
511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.
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