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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1150 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2002

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER PARTS 
OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST 
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON.  STRONG 
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEARING 45 MPH CONTINUE 
OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA.  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WERE RESTRICTED TO 
LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS 
IN SWIFT...STEVENS...CHIPPEWA...WESTERN RENVILLE AND REDWOOD 
COUNTIES.  CONDITIONS WERE SOMEWHAT BETTER FURTHER EAST OF MINNESOTA 
RIVER VALLEY. 

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS 
SURFACE WINDS DIMINISH UNDER 20 MPH. 

MOTORISTS MAY EXPERIENCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER WEST CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA UNTIL EARLY EVENING.  MOTORISTS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPID 
CHANGING ROAD AND DRIVING CONDITIONS.  

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-262100-
CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-
STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MONTEVIDEO...
REDWOOD FALLS AND WILLMAR

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY...
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 
40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 
SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS OVER WEST CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA.  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE 
QUARTER OF A MILE.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY AND ALLOW 
FOR SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. 

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