BLIZZARD 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.
MNZ082>085-091>093-070530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.BZ.A.0003.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
319 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THE BLIZZARD WATCH EXTENDS FROM ST. JAMES TO OWATONNA ON SOUTHWARD
TO THE IOWA BORDER.
HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...EXCEEDING 35 MPH...ARE
POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
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.
$$

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.
$$