HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 439 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE
DEVELOPING WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREADING
EAST INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING.
OVERALL PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE LOW...HOWEVER SHOULD FREEZING
DRIZZLE DEVELOP...UNTREATED SURFACES COULD BECOME ICY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A QUICK MOVING SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...ALONG AND
EAST OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND INTO THE
IOWA GREAT LAKES AREA IN NORTHWEST IOWA.
A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...INCREASING PRECIPITATION
CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE
TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM ARE VERY UNCERTAIN AT THIS
TIME...HOWEVER ANYONE WITH MID-WEEK HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO UPCOMING FORECASTS FOR FURTHER
DEVELOPMENTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.
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