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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MEEKER-WRIGHT-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
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.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 204 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 215 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

Expires:200912262015;;
FLUS43 KMPX 252001
HWOMPX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
201 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
262015-
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-
201 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL BE MOST PERSISTENT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO SOUTHWARD TO MANKATO AND FAIRMONT.
THESE AREAS WILL SEE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
WESTERN PART OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
ALSO OCCUR ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON STRONG
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS. TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
HAZARDOUS. FROM THE TWIN CITIES METRO SOUTHWARD TO ALBERT LEA AND
POINTS EAST...SHOWERS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO
SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON
AND OFF THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE
SYSTEM DEPARTS. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
.A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE UPPER
MIDWEST STARTING AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND LASTING INTO
SATURDAY. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROLONGED
PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED... THERE WILL BE MAJOR
IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS... ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY.
ALTHOUGH THERE REMAIN SOME MINOR TIMING ISSUES AND THE EXACT
STORM TRACK IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR... THE LARGE NATURE OF THIS
SYSTEM AND ITS EXPECTED HIGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE CONTENT... WILL
LEAD TO A BROAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW... WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS SO COMPLEX
THAT WILL BE SEVERAL BOUTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS EVENT. THE
FIRST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WAVE HAS ABUNDANT WARM
AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT... SO THERE MAY BE A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER. THE NEXT
WAVE IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING FROM THE NORTH.
THE LAST WAVE WILL LIKELY BE THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WHICH WILL
OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEPART THE
REGION. THE PRECISE TIMING OF EACH WAVE OF SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION IS STILL UNCERTAIN.... AND LIGHTER PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING ANY LULLS.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE FURTHER
REFINED... BUT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT OVER
PARTS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20
INCHES POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM... HOLIDAY ROAD
AND AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED.
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/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0008.091224T1200Z-091226T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...FOLEY
1223 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS... SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED....
PARTICULARLY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS.... WITH A
FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY... BECOMING
MORE NORTHEAST... THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY.
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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
$$