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WSWMPX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
255 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...MIXED WINTER EVENT WITH SNOW, SLEET, AND ICE ACCUMULATION THROUGH
SATURDAY...
.A MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT WILL PERSIST ACROSS MINNESOTA INTO
WISCONSIN THROUGH SATURDAY. ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA, THIS
WILL MAINLY FALL AS SNOW WITH UP TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. FARTHER SOUTH,
A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN
INCH. THERE WILL BE A SHARP CUTOFF IN THESE ICE ACCUMULATIONS, AS
THIS WILL BE VERY SENSITIVE TO WHERE THE FREEZING LINE SETS UP.
MNZ041>043-041100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0004.260403T2100Z-260405T0300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, LONG PRAIRIE, AND LITTLE FALLS
255 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH.
* WHERE...MORRISON, TODD, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM CDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
WILL IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. CALL 5 1 1 OR VISIT 511MN.ORG FOR
ROAD CONDITIONS.
MNZ047-048-041100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-260405T0000Z/
STEVENS-POPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORRIS AND GLENWOOD
255 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH.
* WHERE...POPE AND STEVENS COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 PM CDT 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.
MNZ054>057-064-065-073-041100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-260404T1200Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BENSON, MADISON, GRANITE FALLS, MONTEVIDEO,
REDWOOD FALLS, WILLMAR, AND OLIVIA
255 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
TWO INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
* WHERE...KANDIYOHI, RENVILLE, REDWOOD, CHIPPEWA, LAC QUI PARLE,
SWIFT, AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 AM CDT 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.
MNZ044-045-049>053-058-059-066-WIZ014>016-041100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0014.260403T2100Z-260405T0300Z/
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-MCLEOD-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PRINCETON, RICE LAKE, MONTICELLO, LADYSMITH,
CENTER CITY, MORA, HUTCHINSON, OSCEOLA, SAUK RAPIDS, ELK RIVER, ST
CLOUD, LITCHFIELD, AND CAMBRIDGE
255 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
4 INCHES, SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND TWO TENTHS OF
AN INCH, AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.
* WHERE...IN MINNESOTA, BENTON, MCLEOD, MEEKER, SHERBURNE, STEARNS,
WRIGHT, CHISAGO, ISANTI, KANABEC, AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES. IN
WISCONSIN, BARRON, POLK, AND RUSK COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM CDT 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. 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.
JPC
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