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WSWMPX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
248 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
...FIRST ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS WRAPPING UP, ANOTHER ROUND
OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR TOMORROW...
.TODAY'S REMAINING WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A NEW
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA GOES INTO
EFFECT FRIDAY FOR OUR SECOND SYSTEM. PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA
WILL SEE A ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLY FRIDAY WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. FURTHER NORTH,
PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS A WINTRY MIX BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO
ALL SNOW LATE FRIDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA WILL SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS
UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
MNZ041-047-048-030800-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-260403T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.260403T1200Z-260405T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORRIS, GLENWOOD, AND ALEXANDRIA
248 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES, SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH, AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH.
* WHERE...DOUGLAS, POPE, AND STEVENS COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING
COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT
511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.
MNZ042>045-049-050-030800-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-260403T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.260403T2100Z-260405T0300Z/
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ST CLOUD, LONG PRAIRIE, MORA, LITTLE FALLS,
PRINCETON, AND SAUK RAPIDS
248 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES, SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND
TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH, AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF
AN INCH.
* WHERE...BENTON, MORRISON, STEARNS, TODD, KANABEC, AND MILLE LACS
COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 PM CDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING
COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT
511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.
MNZ054>057-064-030800-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-260403T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.260403T1200Z-260403T2100Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MONTEVIDEO, BENSON, GRANITE FALLS, WILLMAR,
AND MADISON
248 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CDT FRIDAY
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
ONE INCH, SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND TWO TENTHS OF
AN INCH, AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
* WHERE...KANDIYOHI, CHIPPEWA, LAC QUI PARLE, SWIFT, AND YELLOW
MEDICINE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING
COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT
511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.
MNZ058-022100-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-260403T0000Z/
MEEKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LITCHFIELD
248 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED
PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO MORE OF A RAIN/SNOW MIX THIS
AFTERNOON. WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED
DUE TO WARMER GROUND TEMPERATURES, THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. SOME SLICK SPOTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING AND MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION.
MNZ065-073-030800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.260403T1200Z-260403T2100Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS AND OLIVIA
248 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO
TENTHS OF AN INCH.
* WHERE...RENVILLE AND REDWOOD COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511MN.ORG FOR ROAD CONDITIONS.
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