HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 404 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST THU DEC 10 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
338 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THEN DIMINISH UNDER 20 MPH
BY MIDNIGHT. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS
EVENING WITH WEATHER CONDITION IMPROVING DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LOWER BETWEEN 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO
OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT. PERSON VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS
ACCORDINGLY...WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING...COVER YOUR HANDS
AND HEAD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING
OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Issue Date: 342 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...BLOWING SNOW REMAINS A TRAVEL HAZARD THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
...LOW WIND CHILLS FLOOD INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...
.THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...IN
EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES ALBERT
LEA...MANKATO...OWATONNA...AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY IS ALSO NOW IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS ADVISORY COVERS AN AREA GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF
A LITTLE FALLS TO FAR WESTERN TWIN CITIES TO FARIBAULT LINE.
NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO FAVOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED IN RURAL OPEN
AREAS...WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AT
TIMES. SUCH VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA MUCH OF TODAY.
THE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THUS THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION ON THE
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND
THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ACROSS
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 13.3 INCHES
IN ZUMBROTA MINNESOTA AND 13.1 INCHES IN EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN.
OTHER AMOUNTS FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE GENERALLY RANGED
FROM EIGHT AND A HALF TO THIRTEEN INCHES. IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SNOW AMOUNTS SEEN WERE SIX TO TEN INCHES. IN THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AMOUNTS FROM FIVE TO NINE INCHES WERE
REPORTED FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.
THIS FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON SHOULD SERVE AS A
REMINDER TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER
AND THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER
SAFETY KIT.
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GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
342 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THURSDAY...
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
THURSDAY.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE INTO WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA ON NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FALLING
TEMPERATURES AND THE WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30
BELOW ZERO.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
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BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 930 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO HAVE INCREASING IMPACTS TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...
.THE BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN EXPANDED FURTHER NORTH
AND WEST. IT NOW INCLUDES LOCATIONS FROM MADISON MINNESOTA...TO
OLIVIA AND OVER INTO OUTLYING AREAS OF CARVER...DAKOTA...AND SCOTT
COUNTIES NEAR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF
THE TWIN CITIES...AND INTERSTATE 94 ACROSS THE EAU CLAIRE AND
MENOMONIE AREAS. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS EASTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AROUND AND NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.
THIS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THIS ADVISORY
INCLUDES ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...MORA...AND WILLMAR. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT AREA WIDE...WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA
AND WESTERN WISCONSIN INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE.
IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR
MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED AMOUNTS NEAR
ONE FOOT ARE LIKELY IN THE EAU CLAIRE AREA. ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING
IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED.
INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITHIN THE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES AFTER
9 PM TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35
TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING ALONG
INTERSTATE 94...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY WHEN THE
NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45
MPH. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. THOUGH PERSISTENT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY
AREAS...VERY STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL LEAD TO
TEMPORARY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
IN ADDITION...PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING
WINDS WILL LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY AREAS...DIFFICULT
TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
AS OF 9 PM...MANY STATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WERE
ALREADY REPORTING VISIBILITIES OF A HALF MILE OR LESS...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO WORSEN.
WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.
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...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 6 AM. THE
SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN
AREAS. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.
PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING WINDS WILL
LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 353 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING LATER
TODAY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING
AND SPREAD NORTHWARD TO INTERSTATE 94 BY AFTERNOON...
.A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE TWIN
CITIES METRO AREA...AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES TO THE NORTH
AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING. EARLY THIS MORNING...THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS EXPANDED NORTHWEST TO INCLUDE THE
CITIES OF MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR AND LITTLE FALLS. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AFTER
SUNRISE...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY BY 9 AM.
THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY NOON TODAY AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
BY LATE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE
FORECAST BY 6 PM TODAY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO
TO HUTCHINSON...AND NORTHFIELD. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT
ANTICIPATED THROUGH 6 PM.
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND
EAST OF A ST. JAMES TO THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN
CITIES...TO A RICE LAKE WISCONSIN LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING
AREA...SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA
OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO SIX INCHES OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT
TIMES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF
FARIBAULT.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...
DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING TIME.
WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON...
ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER AND
THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER WEATHER SAFETY
KIT.
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353 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
LATE MORNING. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT
ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT
WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. PERIODS OF DIFFICULT TRAVEL ARE LIKELY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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