Winter Storm Warning for Hennepin County, MN

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

It's been upgraded from a "watch" to a "warning"

HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING... AND LIKELY LAST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY MORNING...

Oh yay. Ice and snow!

THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING... IN ADDITION...

Oh wait, there's more??

...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT... AND LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY TREACHEROUS TRAVEL...

Ok, I can handle a March blizzard.

IN ADDITION...

You're kidding me, right?

...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM FROM 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

Oh dear.

ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SITUATION.

Anyone with travel plans should head South immediately!