SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 800 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Warning Expiration: 1000 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...MIXED PRECIPITATION AFFECTING MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN...
A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL IMPACT THE ENTIRE
REGION THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY
SPREAD INTO ALL BUT FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN...BUT IT SHOULD DEVELOP
THERE BY MID TO LATE MORNING.
SO FAR...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH AN INCH OR TWO
IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND LITTLE ACCUMULATION
ALONG THE LAKESHORE. SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A
TENTH OF AN INCH WERE REPORTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING.
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 647 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Warning Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WITH CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS
DAY. SOME FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO EXPECTED
THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. SOME SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE
ALSO ANTICIPATED.
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW OR ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
SLEET ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS
CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Warning Issue Date: 549 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Warning Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM....CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL MOVE TOWARD THE REGION TODAY AND
TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS THE SYSTEM
APPROACHES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
TODAY...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT STEVENS POINT TO
WAUSAUKEE. FREEZING RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL FALL FARTHER
TO THE SOUTH. SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL...NORTH-CENTRAL AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL START TO MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
DURING NIGHT BUT THERE IS LIKELY TO BE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES
OF ACCUMULATION IN THOSE AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
ANY LIQUID OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW
ON CHRISTMAS DAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM LESS THAN
AND INCH EAST OF THE FOX VALLEY...TO AROUND 3 INCHES IN VILAS
COUNTY. SNOW REMAINS LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM
WEAKENS...BUT ONLY ABOUT AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
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