HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 300 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE...MOSTLY SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM WABASHA MINNESOTA...TOWARD WISCONSIN DELLS WISCONSIN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. A WINTER STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...AS
TRAVEL COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SNOW AND
FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS TIME FRAME.
THIS EXPECTED TRANSITION OF PRECIPITATION TYPE MAKES FORECASTING SNOW
AND ICING AMOUNTS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. HOWEVER...IT STILL APPEARS
THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH SOME ICE
ACCUMULATIONS. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD OCCUR ALONG AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE TO NEILLSVILLE
WISCONSIN.
SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY AS THIS WINTER STORM SLOWLY MOVES AWAY
FROM THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED...
AS THE LARGE WINTER STORM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...
A CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM CST
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
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