WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 334 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY.
* SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...
WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM AROUND 9 PM TO 3 AM. A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION...SOME OF IT HEAVY...IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS
THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.
* SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE MINNESOTA-
IOWA BORDER. PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN
FOR LATER IN THE WEEK...HOWEVER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ALONG
WITH SOME SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ARE LIKELY.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE IN SOME OF
THE FALLING SNOW TONIGHT.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AS THE SNOW ACCUMULATES ON
UNTREATED OR UNPLOWED ROADS. MORE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH
UNTREATED ROADS EXPECTED TO BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED...IS EXPECTED
FROM LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 334 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
TUESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY.
* SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...
WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM AROUND 9 PM TO 3 AM. A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION...SOME OF IT HEAVY...IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS
THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.
* SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES NEAR THE MINNESOTA-
IOWA BORDER. PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN
FOR LATER IN THE WEEK...HOWEVER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ALONG
WITH SOME SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ARE LIKELY.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE IN SOME OF
THE FALLING SNOW TONIGHT.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AS THE SNOW ACCUMULATES ON
UNTREATED OR UNPLOWED ROADS. MORE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH
UNTREATED ROADS EXPECTED TO BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED...IS EXPECTED
FROM LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
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