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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
421 AM 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL EXPAND EASTWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX AS IT
MOVES INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER THIS MORNING. RAIN ALREADY
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING
WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVING IN THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL
GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE CHANGE TO SNOW TAKING
PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE MOST
PERSISTENT PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY
THIS MORNING THEN ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 AND ALONG AND EAST
OF HIGHWAY 169 THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 35 AND PORTIONS
OF INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN. THERE IS A CHANCE SOME
ISOLATED LOCATIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD SEE AROUND 2
INCHES IF THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OCCURS EARLIER. GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL ALSO BUILD IN FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE 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.

$$

MDB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
552 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-261200-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
552 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW FLURRIES THIS
AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 94...WITH SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE
IN ALL AREAS WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR FREEZING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN
MINNESOTA IS FORECAST ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM
APPEARS TO BE WEAK AT THIS TIME...WITH MINIMAL SNOW ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED AND NO MAJOR STORMS ON THE HORIZON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$
DK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
525 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-261130-
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
525 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS
THE GOGEBIC RANGE IN IRON AND ASHLAND COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0503 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-261200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
0503 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINTER WEATHER...
A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A SHOT OF SNOW
TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA TODAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE
JAMES VALLEY...EAST INTO NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
GENERALLY...LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...HOWEVER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH
DAKOTA...TO STORM LAKE IOWA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN
COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN 1/2 MILE...AND COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR A SHORT
PERIOD. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

$$
97

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
500 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-261100-
ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-
FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
500 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND WESTERN INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL SPIN ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND
TONIGHT...BRINGING PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION. COLDER AIR WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM...WHICH WILL LEAD TO RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW
LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. THE
CHANGE WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST...THUS LOCATIONS WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLIER.
ACCUMULATIONS HOWEVER...WILL BE MINOR. AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
1/2 INCH OR LESS...AND MOSTLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. AREA RIDGE-TOPS
WILL SEE A BIT MORE SNOW COMPARED TO VALLEYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

$$

RIECK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
358 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-
092>097-261200-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-
DAVIS-
358 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY WITH GUSTS
AROUND 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT RAINFALL AND SNOW
REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED.

$$

FAB

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