HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1130 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST TUE DEC 22 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 SPREAD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL EXPAND INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
THIS EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CANBY TO REDWOOD
FALLS TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA. AN INCH MAY FALL AS FAR NORTH AS
WILLMAR AND INTO THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
WHAT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH
OF THE AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY RIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER A VERY
LARGE AREA...INCLUDING SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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