WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1123 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. SOME
THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE
SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT IN THE FAR
SOUTHEAST BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION
MAY DIMINISH FOR A TIME IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEAR RACINE AND
KENOSHA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL THEN
TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. 5 TO 9 INCHES
IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE
SNOW AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
IN THE KENOSHA AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF
WAUKESHA.
* WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THEN A BRIEF
LULL IN WINDS IS EXPECTED AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD
DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING
AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN
BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY
EVENING AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY.
* NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...
PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN THROUGH THE
EVENING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA. 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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HENTZ
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