818  
WWUS43 KMPX 111818  
WSWMPX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
118 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW  
POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING...  
 
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW, AS  
WELL AS VERY STRONG WINDS THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WHILE  
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY BE LIGHTER, THE COMBINATION OF INTENSE SNOWFALL  
RATES AND BLOWING SNOW COULD RESULT IN WINTER STORM CONDITIONS.  
 
MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-120630-  
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0001.260313T0000Z-260313T1800Z/  
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LADYSMITH, PRINCETON, OSCEOLA, RICE LAKE,  
CENTER CITY, MORA, AND CAMBRIDGE  
118 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES  
POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...IN MINNESOTA, CHISAGO, ISANTI, KANABEC, AND MILLE LACS  
COUNTIES. IN WISCONSIN, BARRON, POLK, AND RUSK COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO FALLING AND  
BLOWING SNOW. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING  
COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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