Expires:202504010945;Remove:202504010945;541994 WWUS43 KMPX 010836 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 336 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 ...SPRING STORM TO BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... .A band of heavy snow will spread across across Minnesota and western Wisconsin this afternoon and evening, with heavy snow lingering into Wednesday morning across central Minnesota. In addition, late tonight into Wednesday morning, sleet and freezing rain may mix in with the snow at times over central Minnesota. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from Douglas over to Kanabec county today through Wednesday morning. Snow is expected to last the longest in these counties, resulting in snowfall totals of 5 to 7 inches, with some locally higher amounts possible in Douglas and Todd counties. In Minnesota, there is a Winter Weather Advisory through tonight from Yellow Medicine up to Stearns and over to Chisago county. The Advisory counties across Polk, Barron, Rusk, and Chippewa counties in Wisconsin. Snowfall totals of 2 to 4 inches are expected within the Advisory, with some amounts closer to 6 inches possible in northern portions for Pope, Stearns, Benton, and Isanti counties. MNZ058-065-066-010945- /O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0013.250401T1200Z-250403T0000Z/ Meeker-Renville-McLeod- Including the cities of Olivia, Hutchinson, and Litchfield 336 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The forecast snow band as has shifted north some, with less than an inch of snow now forecast in Renville and McLeod counties. Therefore, the Advisory was cancelled for these two counties. $$