Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI

Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

000 
WWUS43 KARX 201509
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
909 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

.AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST WAS SPREADING SNOW INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING.
AS OF 9 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW EXTENDED FROM THE TWIN
CITIES SOUTHWARD APPROXIMATELY ALONG HIGHWAY 52 IN MINNESOTA...AND
THEN TO NEAR OSAGE AND CHARLES CITY IN IOWA. VISIBILITIES WERE
RAPIDLY BEING REDUCED DOWN TO MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AT TIMES AT
THE ONSET OF THE SNOW. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW WILL
OVERSPREADING THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...AS THE LOW TRACKS
INTO EASTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...A SURGE OF VERY COLD ARCTIC
AIR ON STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERTAKE THE AREA. THIS
WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE IN MORE OPEN AND FLAT
AREAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. RIDGE TOPS
AND HILLY AREAS COULD ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING...AND RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING COULD REACH 5 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE.
AGAIN...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE MOST OF THE WINTER HAZARD WITH
THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH SNOW.

IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SHARPLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES EARLY
SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NOT ONLY WILL TRAVEL BE HAMPERED BY
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAZARD...BUT WIND CHILL ISSUES ON SUNDAY
WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS TO THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER SYSTEM.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041-042-202315-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.081220T1800Z-081222T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH
909 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY EVENING. WINDS WILL SWITCH AND BECOME
STRONG THIS EVENING AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR BEGINS MOVING IN. THIS
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT
AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. MORE OPEN OR FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE
NEAR BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

EXPECT ROAD CONDITIONS TO BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW MOVES IN TODAY
AND DRIFTING SNOW TAKES OVER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY
BE QUITE LIMITED IN AREAS MAKING TRAVEL OR BEING OUTDOORS
DANGEROUS.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ043-044-053>055-061-202315-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.081221T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
909 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY...WITH
A FEW INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SWITCH AND BECOME
STRONG THIS EVENING AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR BEGINS MOVING IN. THIS
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT
AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. MORE OPEN OR FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE
NEAR BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

EXPECT ROAD CONDITIONS TO BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW MOVES IN TODAY
AND DRIFTING SNOW TAKES OVER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY
BE QUITE LIMITED IN AREAS MAKING TRAVEL OR BEING OUTDOORS
DANGEROUS.

$$

DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 201557
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
957 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...

.AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST WAS SPREADING SNOW INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING.
AS OF 945 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SNOW EXTENDED FROM NEAR EAU
CLAIRE...TO LA CROSSE...THEN TO NEAR WEST UNION IOWA. VISIBILITIES
WERE RAPIDLY BEING REDUCED DOWN TO MILE OR LESS AT TIMES AT TIMES
AT THE ONSET OF THE SNOW. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW WILL
OVERSPREADING THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...AS THE LOW TRACKS
INTO EASTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...A SURGE OF VERY COLD ARCTIC
AIR ON STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERTAKE THE AREA. THIS
WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE IN MORE OPEN AND FLAT
AREAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. RIDGE TOPS
AND HILLY AREAS COULD ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING...AND RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING COULD REACH 5 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE.
AGAIN...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE MOST OF THE WINTER HAZARD WITH
THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH SNOW.

IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SHARPLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES EARLY
SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NOT ONLY WILL TRAVEL BE HAMPERED BY
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAZARD...BUT WIND CHILL ISSUES ON
SUNDAY WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS TO THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER SYSTEM.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041-042-210000-
/O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0009.081220T1557Z-081222T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH
957 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY EVENING. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE
NORTHWEST AND BECOME STRONG THIS EVENING AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR
BEGINS MOVING IN. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. MORE OPEN OR
FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS AT
TIMES.

EXPECT ROAD CONDITIONS TO BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW MOVES IN TODAY
AND DRIFTING SNOW TAKES OVER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY
BE QUITE LIMITED IN AREAS MAKING TRAVEL OR BEING OUTDOORS
DANGEROUS.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ043-044-053>055-061-210000-
/O.EXT.KARX.WS.W.0009.081220T1800Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
957 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6
PM CST SUNDAY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY...
WITH A FEW INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO
THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME STRONG THIS EVENING AS VERY COLD ARCTIC
AIR BEGINS MOVING IN. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. MORE OPEN OR
FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS AT
TIMES.

EXPECT ROAD CONDITIONS TO BECOME HAZARDOUS AS SNOW MOVES IN TODAY
AND DRIFTING SNOW TAKES OVER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY
BE QUITE LIMITED IN AREAS MAKING TRAVEL OR BEING OUTDOORS
DANGEROUS.

$$

DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 201758
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1158 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER AFFECTING THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS MINNESOTA LATE THIS MORNING WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL RESULT...AND WILL PICK UP IN COVERAGE AND 
INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AS OF 1140 AM...A COUPLE INCHES
OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...WITH NEAR 2
AND A HALF INCHES REPORTED IN STEWARTVILLE MINNESOTA. EXPECT THE SNOWFALL
TO CONTINUE AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...AS THE LOW TRACKS
INTO EASTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...A SURGE OF VERY COLD ARCTIC
AIR ON STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERTAKE THE AREA. THIS
WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS EVENING
AND THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE IN MORE OPEN AND
FLAT AREAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. RIDGE
TOPS AND HILLY AREAS COULD ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING...AND RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING COULD REACH 5 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THERE.
AGAIN...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE MOST OF THE WINTER HAZARD WITH
THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESH SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SHARPLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES EARLY
SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NOT ONLY WILL TRAVEL BE HAMPERED BY
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAZARD...BUT WIND CHILL ISSUES ON
SUNDAY WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS TO THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER SYSTEM.

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041-042-210200-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...
NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH
1158 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. WINDS WILL THEN
SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME STRONG THIS EVENING AS VERY
COLD ARCTIC AIR BEGINS MOVING IN. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. MORE
OPEN OR FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD- LIKE
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOW TODAY AND THEN WITH THE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE
QUITE LIMITED IN AREAS MAKING TRAVEL OR BEING OUTDOORS DANGEROUS.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ043-044-053>055-061-210200-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.081220T1800Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1158 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW INCHES
OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING WITH ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF ACCUMULATION. WINDS WILL THEN
SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOME STRONG THIS EVENING AS VERY
COLD ARCTIC AIR BEGINS MOVING IN. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. MORE
OPEN OR FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD- LIKE
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOW TODAY AND THEN WITH THE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE
QUITE LIMITED IN AREAS MAKING TRAVEL OR BEING OUTDOORS DANGEROUS.

$$

DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 202008
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
208 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

.LOW PRESSURE WAS TRACKING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN BY EARLY THIS 
EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR AUSTIN MINNESOTA AND THEN ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. 2 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR ON
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SURGE INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE ARCTIC SURGE WILL CONTINUE
TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT AS THE LOW
PUSHES INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE IN MORE OPEN AND FLAT AREAS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. RIDGE TOPS AND
HILLY AREAS COULD ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING...
AND RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.

IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SHARPLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NOT ONLY WILL TRAVEL BE HAMPERED BY THE
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAZARD...BUT WIND CHILL ISSUES THROUGH SUNDAY
WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS TO THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER SYSTEM.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-
032>034-041>044-053>055-061-210415-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
208 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED
BEFORE TAPERING OFF. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 7
INCHES ALONG AND NORTH FROM NEAR AUSTIN MINNESOTA AND THEN ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH.

WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA AS VERY
COLD ARCTIC AIR SURGES INTO THE AREA. THE STRONG WINDS AND ARCTIC
AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE REST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. OPEN OR FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN
EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD- LIKE CONDITIONS AT TIMES. IN
ADDITION...THE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FRIGID ARCTIC AIR WILL
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.

TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS WITH THE SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND
THEN WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE QUITE LIMITED IN AREAS MAKING TRAVEL OR BEING
OUTDOORS DANGEROUS.

$$

DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 202234
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
434 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WAS TRACKING INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL TRACK INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY SUNDAY MORNING.
SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO 
THIS EVENING...WITH THE SNOW TAPERING OFF WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL INTO THIS EVENING WILL OCCUR GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE CITY MINNESOTA THROUGH LA
CROSSE AND VIROQUA. 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY
FALLEN FROM THIS WINTER STORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ANOTHER INCH TO AS
MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THIS
EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW TRAILS OFF. MEANWHILE...VERY COLD ARCTIC
AIR ON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IS SURGING INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHEAST IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE ARCTIC SURGE WILL
CONTINUE TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT AS THE
LOW PUSHES INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE
AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE IN MORE OPEN AND FLAT AREAS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. RIDGE TOPS AND
HILLY AREAS COULD ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING...
AND RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.

IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SHARPLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NOT ONLY WILL TRAVEL BE HAMPERED BY
THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAZARD...BUT WIND CHILL ISSUES THROUGH
SUNDAY WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS TO THOSE WHO MUST BE OUTDOORS.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER SYSTEM.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-
032>034-041>044-053>055-061-210645-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
434 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
INTO THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BEFORE
TAPERING OFF. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ALONG
AND NORTH OF AUSTIN AND SPRING VALLEY MINNESOTA AND THEN ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DRAW FRIGID ARCTIC ACROSS THE REST OF
THE AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. OPEN OR FLAT AREAS
MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS AT TIMES. IN
ADDITION...THE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FRIGID ARCTIC AIR WILL
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.

DUE TO THE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY....TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. THE WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO
MAKE BEING OUTDOORS VERY DANGEROUS.

$$

DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 210133
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
733 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...STRONG WINDS AND COLD AIR BLASTING IN...

.A COLD FRONT WAS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS EASTWARD AND WAS LOCATED
ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EARLY THIS EVENING. BEHIND IT
TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND WIND CHILLS INTO THE
10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. WIDESPREAD WINDS GUSTING TO 30 OR 35
MPH WERE REPORTED ACROSS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA. THESE GUSTY WINDS WERE CAUSING THE FRESH FALLEN SNOW TO
DRIFT AND BLOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OPEN AREAS AND HIGHER
TERRAIN WILL BE IMPACTED THE MOST FROM THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT THE COLD FRONT TO
MOVE THROUGH DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE EVENING. WITH THE
FRONT...EXPECT DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ALSO...STEADY SNOW...HEAVIER AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND TAPER TO A LIGHTER SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AS
THE EVENING PROGRESSES. SNOWFALL TOTALS THUS FAR ARE GENERALLY 3
TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS
WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA. PARTS OF WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES DURING THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-210945-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
733 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL SLOWLY TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW...AND
THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST...AS THE EVENING CONTINUES. ANOTHER 1
OR 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH LIGHTER
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS
EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ROUGHLY
NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL PLUMMET TEMPERATURES
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY EARLY
EVENING...AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP
INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. THE WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.
OPEN OR FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES AND DEEP DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. 

DUE TO THE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY....TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE
PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A CELL PHONE. 

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-210945-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
733 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH...IN COMBINATION WITH
VERY COLD AIR...WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS IN THE 20S BELOW ZERO
OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. OPEN OR FLAT AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD-
LIKE CONDITIONS AND DEEP DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. 

THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT.

DUE TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...AND
BLOWING AND DEEPER DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS EXPECTED
THROUGH SUNDAY....TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE
PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A CELL PHONE.

$$
BAUMGARDT
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 210358
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
958 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...

.A COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING CENTRAL WISCONSIN AT MID-EVENING.
BEHIND IT TEMPERATURES QUICKLY DROPPED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
WIND CHILLS FELL INTO THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. WIDESPREAD
WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WERE REPORTED ACROSS ACROSS
NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND EXTREME WESTERN
WISCONSIN. THESE GUSTY WINDS WERE CAUSING THE FRESH FALLEN SNOW TO
DRIFT AND BLOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OPEN AREAS AND HIGHER
TERRAIN WILL BE IMPACTED THE MOST FROM THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST AND BY
MORNING...READINGS AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON. WIND
CHILLS WILL BE DANGEROUS AT 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO AND FROSTBITE CAN
OCCUR TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN MINUTES.

ALSO...STEADY SNOW...HEAVIER AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE EAST OF AN
EAU CLAIRE TO SPARTA...TO BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN LINE...AND SLOWLY
END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  SNOWFALL TOTALS THUS FAR
ARE GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...2 TO 4 INCHES
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA...AND 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS WISCONSIN. CENTRAL
PARTS OF WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT ANOTHER 1 INCH BETWEEN 10 PM AND
MIDNIGHT.


WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-211200-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
958 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL PLUMMET TEMPERATURES
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP
TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL
ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH SUNDAY. OPEN OR FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND DEEP DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY.

SNOW HAS ENDED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AREAS...AND WILL TAPER
OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD
RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ROUGHLY NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
90...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH.

DUE TO THE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY....TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE
PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A CELL PHONE.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-211200-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
958 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH...IN COMBINATION WITH
VERY COLD AIR...WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS IN THE 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO
RANGE OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. OPEN OR FLAT AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE NEAR
BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS AND DEEP DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT.

DUE TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...AND
BLOWING AND DEEPER DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS ROADS EXPECTED
THROUGH SUNDAY....TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE
PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A CELL PHONE.

$$
BAUMGARDT
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 210641
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1241 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...

.WINDY AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH FRESH
SNOWFALL...ARE MAKING FOR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES WERE FALLING AREAWIDE TOWARD THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO
AND WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE...DANGEROUS
WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO WERE BEING REPORTED. FROSTBITE
TO EXPOSED SKIN OCCURS IN MINUTES AT THESE TEMPERATURES. WIND
CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE BY SUNRISE.

STRONG WINDS WERE ALSO CAUSING THE FRESH FALLEN SNOW TO DRIFT AND
BLOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES. OPEN AREAS AND HIGHER TERRAIN WILL
BE IMPACTED THE MOST FROM THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LAW
ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MANY ROADS ARE DRIFTED OVER IN NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND MANY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS HAVE PULLED
THE SNOW PLOWS OFF THE ROADS...INCLUDING PARTS OF WISCONSIN. IT IS
NOT A NIGHT TO BE OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING. 

THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS WINDS
REMAIN STRONG.

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-211445-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...
VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
1241 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH...COMBINED WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO...WILL PRODUCE WIND
CHILLS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY MORNING. THE WINDS
WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH THE DAY. OPEN OR FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND DEEP DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS. LIGHT SNOW
IS FORECAST LATER TODAY AS WELL...CAUSING PROBLEMS TO PERSIST.

DUE TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DEEP DRIFTING SNOW...AND DANGEROUSLY
COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE DAY...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A
CELL PHONE.

$$

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-211445-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY...
OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN
1241 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH...COMBINED WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO...WILL PRODUCE WIND
CHILLS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY MORNING. THE WINDS
WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH THE DAY. OPEN OR FLAT AREAS MAY EVEN EXPERIENCE VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND DEEP DRIFTING ACROSS ROADS. LIGHT SNOW
IS FORECAST LATER TODAY AS WELL...CAUSING PROBLEMS TO PERSIST.

DUE TO THE SNOW...BLOWING AND DEEP DRIFTING SNOW...AND
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE DAY...TRAVEL IS
DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA
FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A CELL PHONE.

$$
BAUMGARDT
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 210954
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
354 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER LINGERS THIS MORNING...

.THE COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND
FRESH SNOWFALL ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
EARLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES
WELL BELOW ZERO AND NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WAS
PRODUCING WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ALONG WITH BLIZZARD
LIKE CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR HIGHER AREAS. LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...
SEVERE DRIFTING AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

THESE TYPES OF HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON TODAY...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE MORNING HOURS WHEN WINDS WILL BE AT THEIR HIGHEST.
BESIDES THE THREAT OF BLOCKED OR IMPASSABLE ROADS...WIND CHILL
VALUES THIS LOW CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES. IT IS SIMPLY NOT A GOOD MORNING TO BE OUTDOORS OR
TRAVELING.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONDITIONS ARE NOT AS BAD. THE
WIND IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND TEMPERATURES NOT QUITE AS COLD.
DRIFTING SNOW COULD STILL POSE LOCAL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS OR RIDGE TOPS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO BE LOW ENOUGH TO
CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES SO USE CAUTION.

WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD IMPROVE LATER TODAY...
BUT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD AND POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS INTO THIS EVENING.

MNZ079-088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-211800-
/O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0016.081221T0954Z-081222T0000Z/
WABASHA-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
354 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND FRESH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES.
CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSE IN OPEN OR HIGHER AREAS...ESPECIALLY
RIDGE TOP ROADS. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW
ZERO.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY...USE CAUTION. PLAN ACCORDINGLY BY
DRESSING FOR THE CONDITIONS AND BE ALERT FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS OR
LARGE DRIFTS.

$$

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
354 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND THE FRESH SNOW COVER WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING TODAY. THE WEATHER WILL
BE ESPECIALLY WORSE THIS MORNING WITH LOCAL WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
DRIFTS MAY BE SEVERAL FEET HIGH IN SPOTS MAKING SOME ROADS
IMPASSABLE UNTIL ROAD CREWS CAN GET TO ALL AREAS.

THE WIND WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. THIS
COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

DUE TO THESE THREATS...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...BE PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A CELL
PHONE.

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ053>055-061-211800-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
354 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND FRESH SNOW COVER WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING TODAY. THE WEATHER WILL
BE ESPECIALLY WORSE THIS MORNING ON RIDGE TOP LOCATIONS WHERE
DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS. 

THE WIND WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. THIS
COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IN 10 MINUTES.

DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THESE THREATS...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.
WHILE SHORT DISTANCE TRAVEL IN SHELTERED AREAS MAY NOT BE AS BAD...
CONDITIONS CAN BECOME DANGEROUS IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS. PLAN
ACCORDINGLY AND DELAY YOUR TRIP IF YOU CAN UNTIL BETTER WEATHER
MOVES IN.

$$

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

SHEA

000 
WWUS43 KARX 211235
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
635 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER THIS MORNING...

.THE COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND
FRESH SNOWFALL ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO AND
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WAS PRODUCING WIND
CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ALONG WITH BLIZZARD LIKE
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR HIGHER AREAS. LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS... SEVERE
DRIFTING AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

THESE TYPES OF HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON TODAY...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS WHEN WINDS WILL BE AT THEIR
HIGHEST. BESIDES THE THREAT OF BLOCKED OR IMPASSABLE ROADS...WIND
CHILL VALUES THIS LOW CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES. IT IS SIMPLY NOT A GOOD MORNING TO BE OUTDOORS
OR TRAVELING.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONDITIONS ARE NOT AS BAD. THE
WIND IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND TEMPERATURES NOT QUITE AS COLD.
DRIFTING SNOW COULD STILL POSE LOCAL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS OR RIDGE TOPS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO BE LOW
ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES SO
USE CAUTION.

WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD IMPROVE LATER
TODAY... BUT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD AND
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS INTO THIS EVENING.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-212045-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
635 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND THE FRESH SNOW COVER WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL
BE LIKELY ACROSS THE OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA. DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH IN SPOTS WILL MAKE ROADS
IMPASSABLE UNTIL ROAD CREWS CAN GET TO ALL AREAS.

THE WIND WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. THIS
COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

DUE TO THESE THREATS...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...BE PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A CELL
PHONE.

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ053>055-061-212045-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
635 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH THE FRESH SNOW COVER WILL LEAD TO
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
WILL BE LIKELY IN SOME OF THE OPEN AREAS ON RIDGE TOPS...WITH
DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH A POSSIBILITY.

THE WIND WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. THIS
COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IN 10 MINUTES.

DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THESE THREATS...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.
WHILE SHORT DISTANCE TRAVEL IN SHELTERED AREAS MAY NOT BE AS
BAD... CONDITIONS CAN BECOME DANGEROUS IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS.
PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND DELAY YOUR TRIP IF YOU CAN UNTIL BETTER
WEATHER MOVES IN.

$$

MNZ079-088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-212045-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
WABASHA-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
635 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND FRESH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES.
CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSE IN OPEN OR HIGHER AREAS...ESPECIALLY
RIDGE TOP ROADS. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY...USE CAUTION. PLAN ACCORDINGLY BY
DRESSING FOR THE CONDITIONS AND BE ALERT FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS
OR LARGE DRIFTS.

$$

RABERDING

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 211516
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
916 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER TODAY...

.THE COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND
FRESH SNOWFALL ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW
ZERO AND NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WAS PRODUCING
WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ALONG WITH BLIZZARD LIKE
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR HIGHER AREAS. OBSERVATIONS IN
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INDICATE NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS...SEVERE
DRIFTING AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

THESE TYPES OF HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON TODAY...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS WHEN WINDS WILL BE AT THEIR
HIGHEST. BESIDES THE THREAT OF BLOCKED OR IMPASSABLE ROADS...WIND
CHILL VALUES THIS LOW CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES. IT IS SIMPLY NOT A GOOD MORNING TO BE OUTDOORS
OR TRAVELING.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONDITIONS ARE NOT AS SEVERE. THE
WIND IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG AND TEMPERATURES NOT QUITE AS COLD.
DRIFTING SNOW COULD STILL POSE LOCAL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS OR RIDGE TOPS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO BE LOW
ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES SO
USE CAUTION.

WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD IMPROVE LATER
TODAY... BUT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD AND
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS INTO THIS EVENING.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-212330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
916 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND THE FRESH SNOW COVER WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL
BE LIKELY ACROSS THE OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA. DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH IN SPOTS WILL MAKE ROADS
IMPASSABLE UNTIL ROAD CREWS CAN GET TO ALL AREAS.

THE WIND WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. THIS
COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

DUE TO THESE THREATS...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...BE PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS...AND A CELL
PHONE.

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ053>055-061-212330-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
916 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH THE FRESH SNOW COVER WILL LEAD
TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS WILL BE LIKELY IN SOME OF THE OPEN AREAS ON RIDGE
TOPS...WITH DRIFTS SEVERAL FEET HIGH A POSSIBILITY.

THE WIND WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. THIS
COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IN 10 MINUTES.

DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THESE THREATS...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.
WHILE SHORT DISTANCE TRAVEL IN SHELTERED AREAS MAY NOT BE AS
BAD... CONDITIONS CAN BECOME DANGEROUS IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS.
PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND DELAY YOUR TRIP IF YOU CAN UNTIL BETTER
WEATHER MOVES IN.

$$

MNZ079-088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-212330-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
WABASHA-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
916 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND FRESH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES.
CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSE IN OPEN OR HIGHER AREAS...ESPECIALLY
RIDGE TOP ROADS. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO
35 BELOW ZERO.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY...USE CAUTION. PLAN ACCORDINGLY BY
DRESSING FOR THE CONDITIONS AND BE ALERT FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS
OR LARGE DRIFTS.

$$

DTJ/DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 211939
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
139 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS LINGERING THROUGH THIS 
AFTERNOON...

.THE COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND
FRESH SNOWFALL ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS BELOW ZERO AND NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...GUSTING
TO 35 MPH AT TIMES...WAS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES
OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. WIDESPREAD BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW WAS
STILL OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN OR HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. NEAR
WHITE- OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WERE STILL BEING OBSERVED ACROSS
THE MORE WIND-PRONE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...MAKING TRAVEL VERY TREACHEROUS.

THESE WINTER HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. BESIDES THE THREAT OF BLOCKED OR IMPASSABLE
ROADS...WIND CHILL VALUES THIS LOW CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED
SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. THIS MAKES BEING OUTDOORS VERY DANGEROUS.

THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD IMPROVE BY THIS EVENING... BUT WIND
CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD AND DANGEROUS INTO THIS
EVENING.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-220000-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
139 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND THE FRESH SNOW COVER WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS 
AFTERNOON. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. LOCALIZED
DRIFTING TO SEVERAL FEET HIGH IN SPOTS MAY PRODUCE IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS
UNTIL ROAD CREWS CAN GET TO ALL AREAS.

THE WIND WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. THIS
COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

DUE TO THESE THREATS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY TREACHEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED AND BRING EXTRA FOOD...BLANKETS...
AND A CELL PHONE.

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ053>055-061-220000-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
139 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH THE FRESH SNOW COVER WILL LEAD
TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS BELOW A MILE AT TIMES WILL
BE LIKELY IN SOME OF THE OPEN AREAS ON RIDGE TOPS...WITH DRIFTS
SEVERAL FEET HIGH A POSSIBILITY.

THE WIND WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH THE BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. THIS
COULD LEAD TO FROSTBITE IN 10 MINUTES.

DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THESE THREATS...TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED.
WHILE SHORT DISTANCE TRAVEL IN SHELTERED AREAS MAY NOT BE AS
BAD... CONDITIONS CAN BECOME DANGEROUS IN WIND PRONE LOCATIONS.
PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND DELAY YOUR TRIP IF YOU CAN UNTIL BETTER
WEATHER MOVES IN.

$$

MNZ079-088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-220000-
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
WABASHA-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
139 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND FRESH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH DIFFICULT
TRAVEL AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSE IN OPEN OR HIGHER
TERRAIN AREAS...ESPECIALLY RIDGE TOP ROADS. THE WINDS COMBINED
WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL
VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY...USE CAUTION. PLAN ACCORDINGLY BY
DRESSING FOR THE CONDITIONS AND BE ALERT FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS
OR LARGE DRIFTS.

$$

DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 212146
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
346 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...MAIN WINTER THREAT GOING INTO TONIGHT WILL BE WIND CHILLS...

.SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WAS STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE
AREA...MAINLY ACROSS THE MORE WIND-PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THIS WILL BEGIN TO WANE THIS EVENING.

OTHERWISE...THE MAIN WINTER THREAT GOING INTO TONIGHT WILL BE
FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO TEENS BELOW WILL COMBINE
WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN
THE 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. THESE WIND CHILLS WILL LAST
INTO MONDAY MORNING. WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPOSED SKIN
CAN FREEZE IN THE MATTER OF MINUTES.

AGAIN...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD IMPROVE BY THIS EVENING...
BUT WIND CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD AND DANGEROUS
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-220600-
/O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0008.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
346 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY. A WINTER
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

OTHERWISE...THE MAIN WINTER THREAT GOING INTO TONIGHT WILL BE
FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO TEENS BELOW WILL COMBINE
WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN
THE 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. THESE WIND CHILLS WILL LAST
INTO MONDAY MORNING. WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPOSED SKIN
CAN FREEZE IN THE MATTER OF MINUTES.

IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU BUNDLE UP APPROPRIATELY.

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ053>055-061-220600-
/O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0008.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
346 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

OTHERWISE...THE MAIN WINTER THREAT GOING INTO TONIGHT WILL BE
FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO TEENS BELOW WILL COMBINE
WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN
THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. THESE WIND CHILLS WILL LAST
INTO MONDAY MORNING. WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPOSED SKIN
CAN FREEZE IN THE MATTER OF MINUTES.

IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU BUNDLE UP APPROPRIATELY.

$$

MNZ079-088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-220600-
/O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0008.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
WABASHA-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
346 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

OTHERWISE...THE MAIN WINTER THREAT GOING INTO TONIGHT WILL BE
FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO TO TEENS BELOW WILL COMBINE
WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN
THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. THESE WIND CHILLS WILL LAST
INTO MONDAY MORNING. WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPOSED SKIN
CAN FREEZE IN THE MATTER OF MINUTES.

IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU BUNDLE UP APPROPRIATELY.

$$

DAS

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

000 
WWUS43 KARX 212353
WSWARX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
553 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT...

.AS THE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY FROM THE UPPER
MIDWEST...THE MAIN HAZARD SHIFTS TO DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS.
NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AT
SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
BELOW ZERO FOR THE ENTIRE REGION THIS EVENING...THE COMBINATION
OF THE TEMPERATURES AND WIND SPEEDS WILL PRODUCE WINDS CHILLS OF
15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. THESE DANGEROUSLY COLD WINDS CHILLS CAN
FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

THERE COULD STILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW YET
THIS EVENING...BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANY SIGNIFICANT
TRAVEL PROBLEMS.

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-220800-
/O.EXP.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0008.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
553 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 10 BELOW THIS
EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE AT 10 TO 20 MPH. THIS WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO FOR THE ENTIRE EVENING.
CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

IAZ011-030-MNZ096-WIZ053>055-061-220800-
/O.EXP.KARX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0008.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/
ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
553 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WILL FALL INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS BELOW THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE AT 10
TO 20 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO
FOR THE ENTIRE EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE
UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ079-088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-220800-
/O.EXP.KARX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
/O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0008.081222T0000Z-081222T1800Z/
WABASHA-WINONA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
553 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM
CST MONDAY. 

DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WILL FALL INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS BELOW THIS EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE AT 10
TO 20 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO
FOR THE ENTIRE EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE
UNTIL LATE MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
300 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY

ACTIVE WEEKEND WINTER WEATHER STILL ON TRACK WITH FOCUS ON LARGE
UPPER TROUGH DROPPING INTO MIDWEST FROM WESTERN CANADA. VARIETY OF
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED MAKING FOR VERY DIFFICULT COORDINATION AND
HEADLINE CHOICES.

PRECIPITATION ALREADY BREAKING OUT ACROSS DAKOTAS INTO WESTERN
MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING IN LARGE UPPER DIFLUENT ZONE AS LOW
APPROACHES FAR SOUTHERN CANADA. MEANWHILE ARCTIC AIR IS PLUMMETING
SOUTHWARD WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ALREADY INTO EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

THIS UPPER LOW/TROUGH IS STILL FORECAST TO CONTINUE SOUTHEAST
MOVEMENT AND DEEPEN...WHICH IS ALREADY SUPPORTED BY INCREASING
3-HOUR SURFACE PRESSURE DROPS ALONG INVERTED TROUGH ACROSS MISSOURI
RIVER VALLEY. VERY STRONG DYNAMICS...INCLUDING STRONG POTENTIAL
VORTICITY...FAVORABLE DIFLUENT REGION AND DEEP Q-G FORCING EXPECTED
LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM THE
WEST THIS MORNING WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMLATION POSSIBLE BY
THIS EVENING. NOT OVERLY CONFIDENT IN EXACT SNOWFALL TOTALS BUT
GIVEN SUCH STRONG DYNAMICS AND POSSIBLE SNOW LIQUID RATIOS OF 15 TO
1 OR HIGHER...CURRENT FORECAST OF 5 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF I-90 AND
2 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH LOOK REASONABLE.

MEANWHILE INVERTED TROUGH OR ARCTIC FRONT MOVE THROUGH BY EARLY
EVENING AND DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY CREATING
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AS NEW SNOW WINDS
DOWN...COMBINED WITH OTHER RECENT SNOWFALL...NORTHWEST WINDS AND
SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL KICK IN WHICH WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN RELATIVELY FLAT AND OPEN
TERRAIN ALONG WESTERN FORECAST AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS CERTAINLY
POSSIBLE IN SAME FAVORED AREAS SO THAT WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED
CAREFULLY FOR LATER UPGRADES. BLOWING SNOW ISSUES WILL BE LESS IN
HILLY TERRAIN AND ACROSS WISCONSIN COUNTIES BUT STILL COULD SEE
PROBLEMS ON RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS ON SUNDAY.

HOW TO BEST HANDLE ALL THESE SCENARIOS...INCLUDING TIMING OF EACH
HAZARD...IS DIFFICULT. NO PERFECT SOLUTION EITHER WAY. HEAVY SNOW
MAY BE MAIN THREAT IN SOME AREAS WITH LESS SNOW BUT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW COMPLICATING FACTORS IN OTHERS. TO TRY AND SIMPLIFY
THINGS MAY END UP GOING WITH WINTER STORM WARNINGS STARTING THIS
AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST HALF OF FORECAST AREA...AND STARTING THIS
EVENING ELSEWHERE WHICH WOULD RUN THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WOULD ALSO
ACT AS A BUFFER ZONE FOR BLIZZARD WARNINGS TO THE WEST AND
ADVISORIES TO THE EAST. WIND CHILL VALUES MAY STILL BE LOW ENOUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT TO WARRANT ADDITIONAL HEADLINES...BUT THEY CAN BE ADDED
AS OTHER HEADLINES EXPIRE IF NEEDED.

SHORT TERM RIDGING MONDAY SHOULD MAKE FOR QUIET DAY BUT BITTERLY
COLD. HAVE SHAVED TEMPERATURES A FEW MORE DEGREES AS LARGE ARCTIC
HIGH PRESSURE AREA MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL U.S.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH MOVES OUT OF WESTERN STATES SETTING UP
SOUTHWEST FLOW BY TUESDAY WITH HINTS IN THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE OF
DECENT MOISTURE RETURN AND WARM AIR ADVECTION OR FRONTOGENETIC SNOW
BREAKING OUT. HAVE RAISED POPS GIVEN CONSISTENT SIGNAL IN THIS
SCENARIO. PASSAGE OF TROUGH LEAVES SEMI ZONAL FLOW INTO CHRISTMAS
ONLY TO BE FOLLOWED BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER LARGE SOUTHWEST UPPER
TROUGH LATE IN WEEK THAT MAY EJECT INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. ON FRIDAY
OR EARLY NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...

BIGGEST FORECAST CONCERN IS ON SNOW ONSET TODAY AND THEN STRONG
WINDS AND POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT.

NEXT SHORTWAVE ALREADY RESULTING IN SNOW ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS
MORNING. THIS WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO TO TRACK EASTWARD TODAY WITH
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS THE TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING KRST AROUND 13Z...AND KLSE
AROUND 15Z THIS MORNING. MVFR CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SNOW
ONSET WITH IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES EXPECTED WITH THE SNOW.
BOTH TAF SITES STILL EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF SNOW BY
TONIGHT.

TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AT KRST AND THIS
EVENING AT KLSE WITH THE WINDS REMAINING STRONG RIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. WITH THE RECENT FRESH SNOW...BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME A
CONCERN...ESPECIALLY AT KRST WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY REMAIN IN THE
IFR CATEGORY MUCH OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...ANY AIRPORTS
IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST
IOWA...AND HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN SHOULD SEE THE
GREATEST IMPACT DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS A RESULT...SNOW
REMOVAL OPERATIONS COULD BE HINDERED... WHILE STRONG CROSSWINDS
EXPECTED AT AIRPORTS WITHOUT NORTHWEST - SOUTHEAST ORIENTED RUNWAYS.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY
     FOR WIZ043-WIZ044-WIZ053-WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.

     WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
     WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034-WIZ041-WIZ042.

MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
     MNZ079-MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ088-MNZ094-MNZ095-MNZ096.

IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY
     FOR IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029-IAZ030.

&&

SHORT/LONG......... SHEA
AVIATION........... RABERDING

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
245 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-201200-
ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOUSTON-
HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
245 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER WINTER STORM WITH MULTIPLE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER THREATS
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEKEND.

SNOW WILL SPREAD BACK INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING ON
SATURDAY WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. AS
THE SNOW ENDS...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PLOW THROUGH THE REGION
WITH A RAPID TEMPERATURE FALL FROM THE MID 20S INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
ABOVE ZERO IN A MATTER OF A FEW HOURS. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO 20 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH. THE
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES
STRUGGLING TO STAY ABOVE ZERO. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...WIND CHILLS 20 TO 30 BELOW
ZERO...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
TRAVEL. WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS...
ALTHOUGH BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN.

YET ANOTHER ACCUMULATING SNOW EVENT IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
ALONG WITH REPORTS OF PEAK WIND GUSTS AND ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS OF
BLOWING SNOW.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-201200-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLARK-CRAWFORD-GRANT-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-
RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
245 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INTO
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER WINTER STORM WITH MULTIPLE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER THREATS
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THIS WEEKEND.

SNOW WILL SPREAD BACK INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING ON
SATURDAY WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL
LIKELY END OVER SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN SATURDAY NIGHT BUT MAY CONTINUE
INTO SUNDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LATE ON
SATURDAY EVENING...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PLUNGE THROUGH THE
REGION WITH TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING FROM THE 20S TO THE SINGLE
DIGITS ABOVE ZERO IN A FEW HOURS. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND
GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH
TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO STAY ABOVE ZERO. WIND CHILLS 20 TO 30
BELOW ZERO...AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE REGION LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY.
WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS...
ALTHOUGH BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN.

YET ANOTHER ACCUMULATING SNOW EVENT IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
ALONG WITH REPORTS OF PEAK WIND GUSTS AND ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS OF
BLOWING SNOW.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

BINAU/THOMPSON