WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 402 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
* TIMING: THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. RAIN
ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO MILWAUKEE...
RACINE...AND KENOSHA WILL TURN BACK TO SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM
THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON
IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE. 3 TO 6 INCHES IS LIKELY
ALONG THE LAKE SHORE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO THE ILLINOIS
BORDER. THE CLOSER TO THE LAKE...THE LOWER THE AMOUNTS. THE
FARTHER WEST INTO WAUKESHA AND WALWORTH COUNTY...THE HIGHER THE
AMOUNTS.
* WINDS: A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS EXPECTED AS THE LOW MOVES
OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST
LATE THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY
DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED AND TREACHEROUS ROADS ARE EXPECTED EARLY
THIS MORNING FOR MANY AREAS. WET ROADS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE
PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...AND KENOSHA AREAS WILL
EVENTUALLY TURN SLUSHY AND THEN ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO
THE 20S DURING THE DAY.
* NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM
GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO BROOKFIELD TO
BURLINGTON...PARTICULARLY AROUND MIDDAY AND THEN THROUGH THE
EVENING. 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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CRAVEN
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