News: December 2008 Archives
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A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED
VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
STRONG WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT GIVING WAY TO SEVERE WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT..
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE AREA INCLUDES MORA... ST. CLOUD... WILLMAR... AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES. TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH AND EAST .
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
THAT INCLUDES REDWOOD FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO CAMBRIDGE.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY.
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY
DEVELOP BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS
MORNING... WHICH WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND NOT
RECOMMENDED.
THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG... POTENTIALLY GUSTING TO OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MORA TO ST. CLOUD TOWARDS WILLMAR. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MIXED PRECIPITATION DURING THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING WITHIN THIS AREA. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE MINNESOTA ADVISORY AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

