SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 948 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...INTENSE WINTER STORM CONTINUES...CONDITIONS WILL START TO
SLOWLY IMPROVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...
AT 945 AM...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...ACCUMULATING AT THE RATE OF
1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. HOWEVER AS THE SNOWFALL BEGINS TO
DIMINISH...STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AND MAY ACTUALLY
INCREASE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE CENTER OF THE DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WAS PRODUCING THE
SNOW WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...NEAR MUSKEGON.
NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN STRONG TODAY AS THE SYSTEM
DEPARTS TO THE EAST. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REMAIN A
SERIOUS PROBLEM OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.
TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN
AREAS. ANYONE VENTURING OUT RUNS THE RISK OF BECOMING STRANDED IN
THEIR VEHICLE. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 349 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL GENERATE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG
WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND WEST WINDS OF AROUND 15
MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
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