HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 404 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST THU DEC 10 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
338 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THEN DIMINISH UNDER 20 MPH
BY MIDNIGHT. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS
EVENING WITH WEATHER CONDITION IMPROVING DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LOWER BETWEEN 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO
OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT. PERSON VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS
ACCORDINGLY...WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING...COVER YOUR HANDS
AND HEAD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING
OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Issue Date: 343 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...BLOWING SNOW REMAINS A TRAVEL HAZARD THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
...LOW WIND CHILLS FLOOD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...
.THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...IN
EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES ALBERT
LEA...MANKATO...OWATONNA...AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY IS ALSO NOW IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS ADVISORY COVERS AN AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF
A LITTLE FALLS TO FAR WESTERN TWIN CITIES TO FARIBAULT LINE.
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO FAVOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED IN RURAL OPEN
AREAS...WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AT
TIMES. SUCH VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA MUCH OF TODAY.
THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THUS THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION ON THE
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 13.3 INCHES
IN ZUMBROTA MINNESOTA AND 13.1 INCHES IN EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.
OTHER AMOUNTS FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE GENERALLY RANGED
FROM EIGHT AND A HALF TO THIRTEEN INCHES. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SNOW AMOUNTS SEEN WERE SIX TO TEN INCHES. IN THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AMOUNTS FROM FIVE TO NINE INCHES WERE
REPORTED FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.
THIS FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON SHOULD SERVE AS A
REMINDER TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER
AND THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER
SAFETY KIT.
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INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONTICELLO
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...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS WRIGHT
COUNTY. THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION ON
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT WERE ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR FOUR
INCHES IN WRIGHT COUNTY.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 1013 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...BLOWING SNOW BECOMING THE PRIMARY IMPACT WITH GRADUALLY
IMPROVING CONDITIONS...
.THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...OR MAINLY SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO
CHIPPEWA FALLS WISCONSIN. MUCH OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS EASTERN
AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...OR MAINLY NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS.
THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTHWEST OF THE WARNINGS...INCLUDING
MORA...ST CLOUD...AND WILLMAR. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 PM THIS
EVENING...INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA AND MONTEVIDEO.
WHILE SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO TAPER TO MAINLY FLURRIES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS THE
PRIMARY HAZARD. NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING AT
TIMES TO 50 MPH IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WILL EASILY BLOW THE
FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS
OR LESS. OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE REPORTED THESE TYPE OF
VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-
AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING.
IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE
AND A HALF INCHES POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
PERIODIC GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IN
OPEN AREAS.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MUCH COLDER AIR IS
PLUNGING INTO THE REGION ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION
OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS
OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA...WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE
FORECAST.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 12.4 INCHES
IN STANLEY WISCONSIN. OTHER AMOUNTS FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
GENERALLY RANGE FROM NINE TO TWELVE INCHES. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SNOW AMOUNTS RANGE FROM FIVE TO NINE INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST OF NINE INCHES BEING REPORTED IN KIESTER ALONG THE IOWA
BORDER. IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AMOUNTS FROM FOUR
TO EIGHT INCHES FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
INCLUDES ALONG INTERSTATES 90 AND 94...AS WELL AS INTERSTATE 35
SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. ACROSS THE WINTER
STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY AT
TIMES. PORTIONS OF THE WARNINGS MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY DEPENDING
ON HOW QUICKLY THE BLOWING SNOW SUBSIDES AND REPORTS FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.
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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
WHILE SNOWFALL CONTINUES TO TAPER TO MAINLY FLURRIES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS THE
PRIMARY HAZARD. NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING AT
TIMES TO NEAR 40 MPH...WILL EASILY BLOW THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW
AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY IN THE
OPEN COUNTRY.
IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MUCH COLDER AIR IS
PLUNGING INTO THE REGION ON THE NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION
OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS
OF 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE AREA.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE RANGED FROM NINE TO TWELVE
INCHES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...AMOUNTS FROM FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT AT TIMES INTO THIS
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. PORTIONS OF THE WARNINGS
MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE BLOWING SNOW
SUBSIDES AND REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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