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Cold Front Moving Through the Northeast U.S. Monday; Atmospheric River to Impact the Pacific Northwest Midweek

A cold front will cross the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S. through Monday with gusty winds and areas of rain showers. A strong atmospheric river is expected to move into the Pacific Northwest by midweek bringing a threat for moderate to heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and mountain snows for parts of Washington, Oregon, northern California, and the Sierra Nevada. Read More >

Another statewide tornado drill is planned in Minnesota for this evening at 6:45 p.m.  Due to the potential for funnel clouds in Wisconsin, the tornado drill for this evening was canceled.

We hope you take advantage of these drills by testing your tornado safety plans at work, home, or at school. 

Here is the schedule:

6:45 p.m. CDT - Evening Tornado Drill

 

         

 

NOTE: While some communities may use local outdoor sirens, no live Emergency Alert System (EAS) codes will be used during this drill. In addition, Tornado Warning codes will not be sent over weather radio. Because of this, the drill will not be carried over cell phones via the Wireless Emergency Alert system.

Please rehearse your tornado safety plans today!  For more information, check our severe weather awareness week page at:

https://www.weather.gov/arx/severeprep

The La Crosse National Weather Service will be testing our Spotter Activation Notification System for the afternoon drill only.  Plus we plan on making contact with area Amateur Radio repeaters to test out communications with our mobile spotters as well.