SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 153 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 300 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...INTENSE WINTER STORM ENGULFING THE AREA...
AT 145 AM...HEAVY SNOW HAD OVERSPREAD MOST OF THE AREA...THOUGH
THE HEAVY SNOW HAD NOT QUITE REACHED VILAS COUNTY YET. SNOWFALL
RATES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WERE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH PER
HOUR...THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR WAUTOMA
WERE PROBABLY APPROACHING 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RAIN CONTINUED TO BE
MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES ALONG THE LAKESHORE.
THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING THE SNOW WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN MOLINE AND PEORIA IN WESTERN ILLINOIS. IT IS EXPECTED TO
TRACK TO NEAR MILWAUKEE BY DAYBREAK. WINDS ACROSS WISCONSIN WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS AND APPROACHES THE
AREA. WINDS SHOULD EVENTUALLY GUSTS TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA. NEAR THE LAKE AND BAY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED
LATER TONIGHT.
INTENSE LIFT GENERATED BY THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SINCE LATE TUESDAY
EVENING...AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS A TOPPLED TREE HAVE
ALSO BEEN REPORTED.
THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN DIMINISH
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AFTER DAYBREAK.
TRAVEL IS BECOMING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. ANYONE VENTURING OUT
OVERNIGHT RUNS THE RISK OF BECOMING STRANDED IN THEIR VEHICLE. DO
NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 245 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 245 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE TO SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN LATE
TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING WILL BECOME MORE
INTENSE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
ALL OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHICH COMBINED WITH
THE SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES. PLEASE SEE ONGOING HEADLINES FOR MORE DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA WITH
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOWFALL
RATES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LESS INTENSE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND SEVERELY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. PLEASE SEE ONGOING HEADLINES FOR MORE DETAILS.
BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE THE REGION AFTER THE STORM`S PASSAGE.
WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ANTICIPATED TO FALL AS LOW AS 20 TO 25
DEGREES BELOW ZERO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
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