12-23-10 MSP NOAA Weather Radio KEC65 *Winter Weather Advisory* Twin Cities

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
925 PM CST THU DEC 23 2010

...SNOW CONTINUING INTO OVERNIGHT...

.A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL AND ALL OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN
EXPANDED TO ALSO INCLUDE THE CENTRAL TWIN CITIES METRO
AREA...BOTH HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES. THE ADVISORY IS NOW IN
EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF GENERALLY THE
INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...OR A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO ST
CLOUD...TO ST. PAUL...TO RED WING. THIS INCLUDES THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
AM FRIDAY MORNING IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND NOON FRIDAY FOR EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

SNOW IS NOW FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA AND WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS AT TIMES BEEN
OBSERVED IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH
LATE EVENING INTO EARLY OVERNIGHT FROM HUTCHINSON...TO
BUFFALO...AND INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. RATES AT TIMES OF
NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING HOURS THE HEAVIER RATES WILL THEN LIKELY SHIFT
SOUTHWARD...TOWARDS MANKATO...FARIBAULT...AND OWATONNA. THE SNOW
WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA VERY
LATE TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY LATE FRIDAY
MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF JUST OVER SIX
INCHES ARE LIKELY. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE VERY STRONG DURING
THIS EVENT...SO MINIMAL

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