SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 344 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 1030 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL ACROSS WISCONSIN
AND CENTRAL UNITED STATES...
A LARGE WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AT LEAST SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. THIS COMBINATION OF PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS JUST IN TIME FOR THE PEAK HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWS AND WORST TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR
WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA...WITH THE STORM STARTING TO
WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES ACROSS WISCONSIN. AS A RESULT...THIS STORM IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SAME CLASS AS THE ONE WHICH PRODUCED THE
BLIZZARD ON DECEMBER 8 AND 9. SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE AS GREAT. THE SNOW WILL FALL OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME...AND
ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE QUITE WINDY EARLY IN THE STORM...WINDS WILL
DIMINISH BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
ALTHOUGH THE STORM WONT BE AS SEVERE AS THE ONE EARLIER IN THE
MONTH...IT WILL STILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON TRAVEL. IF YOU ARE
TRAVELING OR ARE EXPECTING OTHER PEOPLE TO TRAVEL TO YOUR HOME FOR
THE HOLIDAY...BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FOR UPDATED
INFORMATION ON THE STORM.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 313 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A MARSHFIELD TO WAUTOMA LINE
LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW COULD RESULT IN SLIPPERY ROADWAYS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES
DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...JUST IN TIME FOR
THE PEAK HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND WORST TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE
AREA...WITH THE STORM STARTING TO WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES INTO CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN. BUT THE STORM IS STILL LIKELY PRODUCE AT
LEAST SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN WILL BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST-
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS COMBINATION OF PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
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