WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 334 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...A BAND OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...A
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTH
DAKOTA...COMBINED WITH MOISTURE BEING PUSHED NORTH OVER A WARM
FRONT ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA...WILL PRODUCE A BAND OF SNOWFALL
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DODGE CENTER...ROCHESTER AND CALEDONIA
MINNESOTA TO RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN.
A MUCH STRONGER AND MORE MOIST SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THEN LIFT INTO SOUTHERN IOWA BY
FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA STARTING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO
FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION TYPES REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...AS IT
REMAIN UNCLEAR HOW MUCH WARM AIR AND HOW FAR NORTH THE WARM AIR
WILL GET WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM. SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND
RAIN...AND VARIOUS MIXES OF IT...ARE ALL POSSIBLE AS THIS LOW LIFTS
TOWARD THE REGION. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND TRAVEL DELAYS FROM LATER WEDNESDAY
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
334 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY.
* SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...
WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM AROUND 9 PM TO 3 AM. A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION...SOME OF IT HEAVY...IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS
THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.
* SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE MINNESOTA-
IOWA BORDER. PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN
FOR LATER IN THE WEEK...HOWEVER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ALONG
WITH SOME SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ARE LIKELY.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE IN SOME OF
THE FALLING SNOW TONIGHT.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AS THE SNOW ACCUMULATES ON
UNTREATED OR UNPLOWED ROADS. MORE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH
UNTREATED ROADS EXPECTED TO BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED...IS EXPECTED
FROM LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 257 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 900 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...A BAND OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTH
DAKOTA...COMBINED WITH MOISTURE BEING PUSHED NORTH OVER A WARM
FRONT ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA...WILL PRODUCE A BAND OF SNOWFALL
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM DODGE CENTER...ROCHESTER AND CALEDONIA MINNESOTA TO
RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN. THE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL CREATE SOME
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
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CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
257 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY.
* SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM AROUND 9 PM TO 3 AM.
* SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
UP TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE IN SOME OF THE
FALLING SNOW TONIGHT.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AS THE SNOW ACCUMULATES ON
UNTREATED OR UNPLOWED ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
RRS
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 131 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
130 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
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ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-
GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-VERNON-
WINNESHIEK-
130 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS A
WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. SOME LOCAL 5 INCH AMOUNTS
ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AS WELL SO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
WILL BE IN EFFECT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A LARGE WINTER STORM WILL GROW AND ORGANIZE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
ON WEDNESDAY AND LIKELY IMPACT THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND WITH A MIX
OF PRECIPITATION. SNOW WILL SPREAD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY
BUT COULD MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY. A SWITCH BACK TO MAINLY ALL SNOW WILL OCCUR BY FRIDAY
AS THE STORM STARTS TO MOVE OUT.
THERE REMAINS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM BUT THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND SOME ICING THAT
COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. REPORTS WILL ALSO BE NEEDED AS THE LARGER WINTER STORM
MOVES IN LATER IN THE WEEK.
.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...
A CONFERENCE CALL/WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM CST
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
$$