Full Notification

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.


* TIMING...PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
ARE POSSIBLE BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR IN
ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW AND PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES NORTH
FROM WILLMAR TO CAMBRIDGE...TO 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE AREA...INCLUDING THE METRO AREA.

* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS FOR TRAVELERS...AND THE WET SNOW COULD
CAUSE A FEW TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES.
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY TO
OCCUR TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX COULD BRING TRAVEL TO A
HALT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE PEAK TRAVEL TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH BRISK WINDS ARE
LIKELY. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND WILL COULD SEE A
MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLICK
ROADS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...HAVE
A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE WITH YOU. IF
YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.