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WWUS43 KARX 181722  
WSWARX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
1122 AM CST THU DEC 18 2025  
   
..BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW, GUSTY WINDS, AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES
 
 
.A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING  
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH.  
BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE SNOW SHOWERS WHICH  
COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN RAPIDLY  
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT  
MAY ALSO RESULT IN SLIPPERY TRAVEL ON ROADS THAT BECOME WET FROM THE  
SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
 
IAZ008>010-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-190300-  
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0018.251218T1722Z-251219T0300Z/  
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-  
WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WINONA, DECORAH, WABASHA, AUSTIN, CHARLES  
CITY, NEW HAMPTON, ROCHESTER, PRESTON, CALEDONIA, CRESCO, OSAGE,  
AND DODGE CENTER  
1122 AM CST THU DEC 18 2025  
   
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...SNOW, GUSTY WINDS, AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ADDITIONAL  
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST  
MINNESOTA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE. GUSTY WINDS  
COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. IN IOWA, VISIT 511IA.ORG  
FOR ROAD CONDITIONS. IN MINNESOTA, VISIT 511MN.ORG FOR ROAD  
CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
WIZ032-033-190300-  
/O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0018.251218T1800Z-251219T0600Z/  
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHITEHALL, ARCADIA, AND ALMA  
1122 AM CST THU DEC 18 2025  
   
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...SNOW, GUSTY WINDS, AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES EXPECTED. TOTAL  
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...BUFFALO AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING COMMUTE. GUSTY WINDS  
COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. VISIT 511WI.GOV FOR ROAD  
CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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