HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Warning Issue Date: 334 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
RAIN AND MELTING SNOW COULD CAUSE RIVER RISES AND PONDING...
A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BRING RELATIVELY WARM AIR NORTHWARD AND
POSSIBLY SOME RAIN TO PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. OVER AN
INCH OF RAIN AND MIXED PRECIPITATION COULD FALL IN THIS AREA.
THIS PRECIPITATION...COMBINED WITH PARTIAL MELTING OF AN 8 TO 12
INCH AVERAGE SNOW PACK...COULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER...
WITHIN BANK RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND POSSIBLY SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING.
THOSE WITH RIVER INTERESTS OR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN LOWER TERRAIN
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WATER ISSUES OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.
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SHEA
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 133 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* SNOW HAS MAINLY CHANGED OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND
SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW
CHRISTMAS DAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED
THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF
4 TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY....WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH AND
WEST OF A LA CROSSE WISCONSIN...TO DECORAH IOWA LINE.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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