“Major” winter storm to hammer Minnesota and Wisconsin

Up to a foot of snow expected.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN… MAR 17 2014

CONFIDENCE IS QUICKLY INCREASING FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT…

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO HUTCHINSON AND CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA.

WINTER STORM WATCH EAST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO…NEW RICHMOND AND RICE LAKE WISCONSIN.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD SOUTHWEST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING.

THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY… REACHING SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA…

4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO ST CLOUD AND MORA.

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF… ALEXANDRIA… LONG PRAIRIE… LITTLE FALLS… PRINCETON… MORA… MORRIS… GLENWOOD… ST. CLOUD… FOLEY… MADISON… BENSON…MONTEVIDEO… WILLMAR… GRANITE FALLS

OTHER IMPACTS…TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link