000 FLUS43 KMPX 251751 HWOMPX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1140AM CST WED NOV 25 2009 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 261030- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 421 AM CST WED NOV 25 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 EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES BY SUNSET. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW IN THE TWIN CITIES AFTER 6PM AND AFTER 9PM IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE MOST PERSISTENT PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND ALONG THE MINNESOTA WISCONSIN BORDER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BUILD IN THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THANKSGIVING DAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ DRL