SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 354 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...INTENSE WINTER STORM PUMMELING THE AREA...
AT 345 AM...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...ACCUMULATING AT THE RATE OF
1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWS WERE IN A BAND FROM NEAR WAUTOMA TO GREEN BAY.
TEMPERATURES AT THE LAKESHORE WERE STILL JUST WARM ENOUGH TO CAUSE
SOME RAIN TO BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. LITTLE CHANGE IN
THESE OVERALL CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING THE SNOW WAS LOCATED
JUST SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD ILLINOIS...AND IT CONTINUED TO DEEPEN
RAPIDLY. 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. A WIND GUST TO 53 MPH
OCCURRED AT THE AIRPORT IN MENOMINEE MICHIGAN JUST AFTER 330 AM.
WINDS SHOULD EVENTUALLY GUSTS TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA. GUSTS NEAR THE LAKE AND BAY COULD REACH 50 MPH AT TIMES.
THE INTENSE LIFT GENERATED BY THE STORM COULD STILL GENERATE SOME
LIGHTNING STRIKES...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A FEW POWER OUTAGES AS WELL
AS A TOPPLED TREE WERE REPORTED WITH THE LIGHTNING STRIKES EARLIER
IN THE NIGHT.
THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN DIMINISH
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AFTER DAYBREAK.
TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS.
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: 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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