SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LACROSSE

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...

STRONG WINDS HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS IN SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN IOWA IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS FEATURE...KNOWN AS A WAKE LOW...WILL TRACK
EAST OVERNIGHT INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AS
SOON AS THE LIGHT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COME TO AN END. WHILE THE
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE WEAKENING THROUGH THE MORNING...SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THESE WINDS WILL REACH ROCHESTER AND
CHARLES CITY AROUND 3 AM...LA CROSSE AND DECORAH AROUND 4 AM...AND
VOLK FIELD AND BOSCOBEL AROUND 5 AM.