HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 325 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...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 IS GOING TO BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT...HAVING
A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TRAVEL...AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY....WITH
GREATER THAN A FOOT POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. A WINTER
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 40 MPH.
THE WORST CONDITIONS SHOULD BE REALIZED AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN
COUNTRY. THIS COULD RESULT IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR ROAD CLOSURES...WHITEOUTS...AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL.
IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED 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 ON TUESDAY AT 1 PM.
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