SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 812 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...ICY TRAVEL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH WITH LOCAL 2 INCH
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. COLDER AIR WAS SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH MANY LOCATIONS ALREADY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO NEAR
20 BY MORNING. THESE COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO THE REFREEZING
OF STANDING WATER AND SLUSH ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.
MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE POTENTIAL
SLICK SPOTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 315 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
BETWEEN 1/2 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS
RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH PARTIAL MELTING OF AN 8 TO 12 INCH SNOW
PACK...HAS LEAD TO SOME PONDING OF WATER...WITHIN BANK RISES ON AREA
CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND POSSIBLY SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALIZED ICE JAMS WHICH COULD LEAD
TO SOME ISOLATED FLOODING. THE GREATER THREAT FOR ISOLATED FLOODING
WILL BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS
STAYING UNDER AN INCH. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL INTO
THE UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20 TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO
REFREEZING OF WATER AND SLUSH ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY
SECONDARY AND LESS TRAVELED ROADS...AND SIDEWALKS. MOTORISTS AND
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SLICK
SPOTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...
NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.
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