HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 428 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 430 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
423 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
TODAY...BUT THE GREATEST RISK OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE AROUND 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS WOULD BE GENERALLY WEST OF A
LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO REDWOOD FALLS. STRONG NORTH WINDS ALONG
THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW...AND A FURTHER REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 307 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...
...WINTER STORM WARNINGS DOWNGRADED TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
FOR TONIGHT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.A VERY MESSY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
PERIODS OF SNOW TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW MAY
ACCUMULATE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WHERE WINDS GUSTING
TO 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WINTER
STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
STAPLES TO WILLMAR TO REDWOOD FALLS.
THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MORA...LITTLE
FALLS...ST. CLOUD...HUTCHINSON...NEW ULM...MANKATO...AND FAIRMONT.
ONE TO THREE MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MIX WITH LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS FROM THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH ALBERT LEA THEN INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO JUST LIGHT SNOW. ANOTHER INCH OR
SO COULD ACCUMULATE OVERNIGHT.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE SNOW BEGAN ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE
10 TO 18 INCH RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE IN THE SIX TO TWELVE INCH RANGE IN WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
CONTINUED PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON
SATURDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES VERY SLOWLY ACROSS IOWA.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
MONTICELLO...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...
ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
307 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW
TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES...BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO 10 TO 18 INCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 624 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING TONIGHT...
.A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW...POTENTIALLY NEAR
RECORD IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND HAVING CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS ON
HOLIDAY GROUND AND AIR TRAVEL...HAS BEGUN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA. A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS PUSHING INTO
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND A FEW LOCATIONS COULD PICK OF A QUICK 2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE
BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...WITH SOMEWHAT LESSER AMOUNTS OVER WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.
THE SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH THURSDAY AND CHRISTMAS WITH
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS FORECAST. THESE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LIKELY BE IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT...WITH 20 INCHES OR MORE IN SOME
LOCATIONS. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES
IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ESPECIALLY WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MINOR
ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL HAPPEN WHERE THIS OCCURS. A WINTER STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WESTERN
WISCONSIN. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT...AND WARNINGS WILL BE
IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER
TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
THE CENTER OF THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS THIS EVENING...TO IOWA BY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND BECOME
NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THIS IS A COMPLEX
SYSTEM...WITH EXPECTED PERIODIC BOUTS OF HEAVIER SNOW AT TIMES...
AND OCCASIONAL MIXES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE PERIODS
OF LIGHTER PRECIPITATION...POTENTIALLY THURSDAY MORNING...BUT
NEARLY CONTINUOUS ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM
ONSET THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THIS 48 TO 60 HOURS OF SNOWFALL IN
MANY PLACES WILL LEAD TO THE EXTREME SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SATURDAY
MORNING...PARTICULARLY FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE
NORTHERLY AS THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. THE HEAVY WET
NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO KEEP BLOWING SNOW RESTRICTED
TO ONLY THE OPEN RURAL AREAS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS EVENT.
BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE EVENT...FROM THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...FORECAST SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER REFINED. AGAIN...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN...WITH SCATTERED AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO
THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF 1991. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS
SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACTED.
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624 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
  PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO
  TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY
  SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...
  WITH SCATTERED TOTALS FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES PROBABLE.
* MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND
  POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY
  AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE
  TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE
CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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