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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
324 AM CST Fri Dec 27 2019

...STRONG WINTER STORM LIKELY TO AFFECT THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
WEEKEND...

.Snow accumulations of 6 or more inches and ice accumulations of
around a tenth of an inch are possible in central and west 
central Minnesota. A low pressure system in the Central Plains 
will significantly deepen and lift northeast into the Upper 
Midwest by Sunday morning. This low will then stall over the 
region before meandering off to the northeast Monday morning. A 
prolonged period of wintry precipitation is expected with this 
system for most of western, central, and northern Minnesota from 
Friday night through Monday morning. Thus, a Winter Storm Watch 
is in place for counties in central to west central Minnesota. In
this region, snow should start during the early morning hours on 
Saturday but change over to wintry mixed precipitation before noon
Saturday. This wintry mixed precipitation will be heavy at times 
and should last into the late afternoon hours on Sunday. 
Afterwards, precipitation will change back over to snow and 
continue into early Monday morning.

With regards to the mixed precipitation, snow is the more likely
precipitation type the farther one goes into western and
northwest Minnesota.

MNZ044-050-058-065-073-271800-
/O.EXB.KMPX.WS.A.0014.191228T0600Z-191230T1200Z/
Mille Lacs-Benton-Meeker-Renville-Redwood-
Including the cities of Princeton, Foley, Litchfield, Olivia, 
and Redwood Falls
324 AM CST Fri Dec 27 2019

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow
  accumulations of 4 to 8 inches and ice accumulations of up to a 
  tenth of an inch possible.

* WHERE...Mille Lacs, Benton, Meeker, Renville and Redwood 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From late tonight through late Sunday night.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation. 

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MNZ041>043-047>049-054>057-064-271800-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0014.191228T0600Z-191230T1200Z/
Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-
Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Yellow Medicine-
Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, 
Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar,
and Granite Falls
324 AM CST Fri Dec 27 2019

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow
  accumulations of 6 or more inches and ice accumulations of
  around one tenth of an inch possible.

* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Minnesota.

* WHEN...From late tonight through late Sunday night.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation. 

&&

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