WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 425 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING BUT NOT
BECOME HEAVY UNTIL EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY 6 PM TODAY WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER TOTALS IN SHEBOYGAN
AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES DUE TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW. THE SNOW WILL
BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND WILL TAPER OFF
TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR
SOUTHEAST. LESSER AMOUNTS WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST
IF THE STORM TRACKS A BIT FARTHER NORTH RESULTING IN A RAIN SNOW
MIX AT TIMES.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NORTHEAST
AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND
REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* WHILE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE
IS A POTENTIAL FOR A PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE
UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE
THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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WOOD/GEHRING
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