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AWUS43 KARX 030130
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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
830 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2002

A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
AFTERNOON...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN
WISCONSIN AND SWEPT SOUTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS
EVENING. THERE WERE REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS PARTS OF
WISCONSIN...AS A TORNADO REPORTEDLY TOUCHED DOWN IN LADYSMITH...WHILE
WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN THE PERKINSTOWN AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS
CONTINUED SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AND PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF. TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM 81 DEGREES AT
MEDFORD WISCONSIN...TO A BALMY 90 DEGREES AT WINONA MINNESOTA.

CLOUDS WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST...AS CLEAR SKIES ARE ON TAP FOR
MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY MOVE
EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL USHER COOLER AND DRYER AIR INTO THE ENTIRE REGION. LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE 50S ACROSS THE
UPPER MIDWEST.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE DAKOTAS ON TUESDAY.
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND SEPTEMBER LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE RULE
ACROSS THE ENTIRE UPPER MIDWEST. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO
LOWER 70S ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...
WITH MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION.
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ADAMS