HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1024 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1015 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1014 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT. NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH...AND CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES
FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED FROM
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE 9 TO
12 INCHES ARE FORECAST. TOTALS WILL BE LOWER TO THE NORTH AND
WEST...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE
AFTERNOON...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL
DROP TO 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC
DETAILS AND THE LATEST TRENDS CONCERNING THIS SNOW STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 930 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO HAVE INCREASING IMPACTS TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...
.THE BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN EXPANDED FURTHER NORTH
AND WEST. IT NOW INCLUDES LOCATIONS FROM MADISON MINNESOTA...TO
OLIVIA AND OVER INTO OUTLYING AREAS OF CARVER...DAKOTA...AND SCOTT
COUNTIES NEAR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF
THE TWIN CITIES...AND INTERSTATE 94 ACROSS THE EAU CLAIRE AND
MENOMONIE AREAS. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS EASTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AROUND AND NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.
THIS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS ADVISORY
INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...MORA...AND WILLMAR. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AREA WIDE...WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE.
IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR
MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED AMOUNTS NEAR
ONE FOOT ARE LIKELY IN THE EAU CLAIRE AREA. ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING
IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED.
INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITHIN THE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES AFTER
9 PM TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35
TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATE 94...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY WHEN THE
NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45
MPH. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. THOUGH PERSISTENT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY
AREAS...VERY STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL LEAD TO
TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
IN ADDITION...PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING
WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS...DIFFICULT
TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
AS OF 9 PM...MANY STATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WERE
ALREADY REPORTING VISIBILITIES OF A HALF MILE OR LESS...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO WORSEN.
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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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
930 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 AM. THE
SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN
AREAS. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.
PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING WINDS WILL
LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 422 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...
.A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE
TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES TO THE NORTH
AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH COVERS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MORA...ST.
CLOUD...AND REDWOOD FALLS. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY NOON ON TUESDAY AND ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT
ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH
AND EAST OF A FAIRMONT...TO RED WING...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN
LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT
INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO
SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT
TIMES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF
FARIBAULT.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING
AREA...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING TIME.
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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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS
422 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SLOWLY INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS
NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT
TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PERIODS OF DIFFICULT TRAVEL ARE
LIKELY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 319 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...POTENTIAL WINTER STORM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY FOR FAR SOUTHERN AREAS OF MINNESOTA. THE BLIZZARD WATCH
STRETCHES FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD TO THE IOWA
BORDER.
A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALL OF EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN
AREA...AS WELL AS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA
ON TUESDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AND
INTENSIFY...REACHING THE CHICAGO AREA...BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE
STORM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS A RESULT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP
OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...
CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
319 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH EXTENDS FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA ON
EASTWARD...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA AS WELL AS
ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW TOTALS REACHING OR EXCEEDING
SIX INCHES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
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