HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 422 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW MAY CAUSE PONDING IN LOW LYING AND
URBAN AREAS TODAY AS WELL AS RISES ALONG AREA CREEKS AND
RIVERS...
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM HAS BROUGHT WARMER AIR...ALONG WITH
RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD TOWARD THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION TODAY...RAIN WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING...EVENTUALLY TRANSITIONING TO
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL THROUGH THIS MORNING WILL BE IN THE
QUARTER TO HALF INCH RANGE. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH WHAT FELL
FROM THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW
MELT AND SOME RUNOFF.
THE COMBINATION OF THE RAINFALL ALONG WITH MELTING OF THE WIDESPREAD
SNOW PACK IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE RUNOFF AMOUNTS...WHICH WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO PONDING IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS WITHIN BANK
RISES ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS...WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING. ALSO...WITH THE AMOUNT OF WATER ENTERING THE
RIVER SYSTEMS...THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR ICE JAMS...WHICH COULD
LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING.
THOSE WITH RIVER INTERESTS OR WHO LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WATER ISSUES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
$$
DAS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 324 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
315 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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315 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
BETWEEN 1/2 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS
RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH PARTIAL MELTING OF AN 8 TO 12 INCH SNOW
PACK...HAS LEAD TO SOME PONDING OF WATER...WITHIN BANK RISES ON AREA
CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND POSSIBLY SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALIZED ICE JAMS WHICH COULD LEAD
TO SOME ISOLATED FLOODING. THE GREATER THREAT FOR ISOLATED FLOODING
WILL BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS
STAYING UNDER AN INCH. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL INTO
THE UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20 TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO
REFREEZING OF WATER AND SLUSH ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY
SECONDARY AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS...AND SIDEWALKS. MOTORISTS AND
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SLICK
SPOTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...
NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.
$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 300 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...ICY TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
COLDER AIR WILL RETURN TO THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE
REFREEZING OF STANDING WATER AND SLUSH ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THESE POTENTIAL SLICK SPOTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
$$
RIECK

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 406 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON..
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL TRACK TO
THE NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL IOWA TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OUT AHEAD OF IT TODAY...BRINGING A MIX
OF SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW TO THE REGION. RAIN CONTINUED TO BE THE
MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE NOTED ON OBSERVATIONS THIS MORNING...WITH
SNOW AND SLEET BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. COLDER
AIR IS EXPECTED TO WRAP INTO THE SYSTEM LATER THIS MORNING WHICH
WILL HELP CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TYPE TO A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW
AND RAIN. BY THIS AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE AREA SHOULD BE CHANGING
OVER TO SNOWFALL. THE MAIN CONCERN RESIDES WITH SLEET ACCUMULATION
TODAY AS SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH
ACROSS THE REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING IN THE CHARLES CITY
IOWA TO DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA REGION WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY
FALL. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
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ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
405 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND MIX IN WITH SLEET AT TIMES
  AND WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE
  EXPECTED TODAY WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO SLEET AND
  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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$$