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 AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
.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 FROM
TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 45 MPH.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE REALIZED UNTIL THE WINDS INCREASE...
AND EXPECT THE BLIZZARD THREAT TO BE HIGHEST AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WOULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS...WITH 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 ALSO BE CONDUCTED ON TUESDAY AT 1 PM.
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