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WWUS43 KMPX 070148
WSWMPX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
748 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2026
...FREEZING RAIN, SLEET, AND SNOW SPREADS EAST THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
.ROADS HAVE BECOME ICE COVERED ACROSS WESTERN MN, WHICH IS CREATING
SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE BAND OF FREEZING RAIN AND MIXED WINTRY
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT. AS A RESULT,
SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE
ADVISORY AND WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH DAYBREAK SATURDAY.
MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-070900-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-260307T0900Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BENSON, MONTEVIDEO, MADISON, GLENWOOD,
GRANITE FALLS, MORRIS, AND ALEXANDRIA
748 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE
INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. WINDS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...CHIPPEWA, DOUGLAS, LAC QUI PARLE, POPE, STEVENS, SWIFT, AND
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL LIKELY
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT
511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.
MNZ042-043-049-050-057-058-065-073-071200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-260307T1200Z/
TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SAUK RAPIDS, WILLMAR, LITTLE FALLS,
LITCHFIELD, REDWOOD FALLS, ST CLOUD, LONG PRAIRIE, AND OLIVIA
748 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE
INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
* WHERE...BENTON, KANDIYOHI, MEEKER, MORRISON, RENVILLE, STEARNS,
TODD, AND REDWOOD COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL LIKELY
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT
511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.
MNZ044-045-051-052-059-066-067-074-075-082-083-091-092-071400-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-260307T1500Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-
NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HUTCHINSON, ST JAMES, MORA, BLUE EARTH, ST
PETER, FAIRMONT, ELK RIVER, MONTICELLO, MANKATO, GAYLORD, PRINCETON,
CAMBRIDGE, AND NEW ULM
748 PM CST FRI MAR 6 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE
INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
* WHERE...MCLEOD, SHERBURNE, SIBLEY, WRIGHT, ISANTI, KANABEC, MILLE
LACS, BLUE EARTH, BROWN, FARIBAULT, MARTIN, NICOLLET, AND WATONWAN
COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.
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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