SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 801 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 915 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...INTENSE WINTER STORM NEARING ITS PEAK...
AT 755 AM...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...ACCUMULATING AT THE RATE OF
1/2 TO 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR...WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WERE OCCURRING IN AN AREA FROM BETWEEN
OSHKOSH AND MANITOWOC...NORTH...TO ANTIGO AND IRON MOUNTAIN. THE
HEAVY SNOWS SHOULD LAST A COUPLE MORE HOURS AND THEN START TO
DIMINISH. WINDS WERE TURNING MORE NORTHERLY...SO THE CHANCE OF
HAVING ANY RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW ALONG THE LAKESHORE HAD JUST
ABOUT ENDED.
THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING THE SNOW WAS LOCATED OVER
LAKE MICHIGAN JUST EAST OF MILWAUKEE. IT CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN...
BUT WILL SOON START PULLING AWAY FROM THE AREA. WINDS OVER EASTERN
WISCONSIN WERE NEAR THEIR PEAK...AND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE
LIKELY NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND OVER NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME POWER OUTAGES
AS EVERGREEN TREES COVERED IN THE WET SNOW GET TOPPLED ONTO POWER
LINES AND UTILITY POLES. BACK IN CENTRAL AND NORTH- CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY INCREASE AND SHOULD PEAK
THIS AFTERNOON.
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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