HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 323 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT AREA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ONE
TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH THE
HIGHEST TOTALS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY AND WAUKON IOWA TO
RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN. LESSER AMOUNTS OF A TRACE TO AN INCH ARE
LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. BE PREPARED FOR A SLOWER
COMMUTE MONDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL END ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN
MONDAY MORNING...WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH POSSIBLE.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM WILL BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT...HAVING A
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TRAVEL...AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY...ALONG WITH
STRONG NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND VERY COLD WIND CHILLS.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS APPEAR PROBABLE FOR WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...SO A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THOSE LOCATIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. DURING
THE SAME TIME PERIOD...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NEAR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
WITH THE STORM TRACKING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARD CHICAGO...
SNOW SHOULD BEGIN ON TUESDAY. AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TUESDAY NIGHT
AND APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN TIP OF LAKE MICHIGAN...NORTH WINDS WILL
INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA AND BECOME QUITE STRONG FOR TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY NEW SNOWFALL
IS LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS AND ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS. THIS IS EXPECTED
TO LEAD TO WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...WIND
CHILLS FALLING BETWEEN 10 TO 15 BELOW BY WEDNESDAY EVENING SHOULD
ONLY ADD TO THE DANGER OF THIS STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...
REPORTS OF SNOWFALL...PEAK WIND GUSTS AND THE EFFECTS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WOULD BE APPRECIATED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...
SINCE THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT...
A CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE CONDUCTED ON MONDAY AT 1 PM.
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BLIZZARD WATCH
Issue Date: 311 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION STARTING TUESDAY...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS ON TUESDAY...STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVES INTO THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD OUT AHEAD OF THIS
WINTER STORM...PUSHING INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA
TUESDAY MORNING...AND THEN INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...LIKELY
ENDING WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE STORM EXITS EAST. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES...POSSIBLY AS
MUCH AS 12. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY
OVERNIGHT TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...AND POTENTIALLY WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHEAST IOWA...ALONG WITH AREA RIDGE-TOPS.
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MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
311 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN
ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY OVERNIGHT
TUESDAY...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 35 TO 40
MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND COULD RESULT IN WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
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