HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1031 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1030 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
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CHICKASAW-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-
WINNESHIEK-
1030 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS 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 FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY.
WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE LOW PASSES TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...WHEN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. A BLIZZARD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG
WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 BELOW
ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
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 TODAY 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-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
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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