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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
735 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009

MNZ074-082>085-091>093-100615-
BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
735 PM CST MON FEB 9 2009

...STRONG WINDS LIKELY OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
EVENING...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WAS CAUSING
STRONG WINDS AND SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE SHOWERS AND
STRONG WINDS WILL BE MOVING INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS TO TURN TO THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST LATER THIS EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE
COMMON...WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE
STRONG WINDS MAY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AFTER THE SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA. IF IT APPEARS THAT THE STRONGER WINDS WILL PERSIST...A
WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY ON
INTERSTATE 90.


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