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.
MNZ045-051>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-070530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0007.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/
KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
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.
$$
RAH/TDK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 154 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 200 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009

Expires:200912072000;;
FLUS43 KMPX 061954
HWOMPX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
154 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
072000-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
154 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS
FEATURE WILL BRING A PERIOD OF SNOW TO FAR SOUTHERN AREAS OF
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT...
WITH UP TO AN INCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL LIFT NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY AND SHOULD BE CLOSE TO CHICAGO BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE STORM TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SNOW STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
$$