WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 859 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS MAINLY SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
OR IN THE EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...
SLEET... AND SNOW DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE MIX MAY
CHANGE TO ALL RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE BACK
OVER TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH UP TO 5
INCHES WELL NORTHWEST OF MADISON.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...BRISK EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH
MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS IS
EXPECTED FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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