SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 938 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...THAW OVER NEXT 24 HOURS BEFORE COLD AIR RETURNS...
RAIN WILL CONTINUE...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THE
NIGHT WITH 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF TOTAL RAIN EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN STEADY OR WARM SLIGHTLY TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
IN THE 35 TO 40 DEGREE RANGE BY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS IN OZAUKEE...WASHINGTON...SHEBOYGAN...AND FOND
DU LAC COUNTIES SAW PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
EVENING...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED UP ENOUGH THAT ICING SHOULD NOT
BE A PROBLEM FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. MOST ROADS AND SURFACES
SHOULD REMAIN WET OVERNIGHT.
THE RAIN AND MELTING SNOWPACK COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING
PROBLEMS TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK
INTO THE 20S FRIDAY NIGHT...RESIDUAL SLUSH AND STANDING WATER WILL
REFREEZE INTO SOLID SHEETS OF ICE. THUS...SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS
SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON BEFORE TEMPERATURES
DROP BELOW FREEZING AGAIN.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF JUST AN INCH OR SO. HOWEVER...TRAVEL COULD BECOME
HAZARDOUS ON UNTREATED SURFACES AS WET SURFACES TURN ICY AND SNOW
STARTS TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF IT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 935 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
RAIN WILL PREVAIL AND MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL OF
AN INCH...TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES...ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ON TOP
OF THE CURRENT SNOW PACK AND FROZEN GROUND. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN MINOR FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS...RIVERS...AND STREAMS. RUNOFF
WOULD ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE THE CLOSEST SEWER DRAIN TO YOUR
RESIDENCE IS UNCLOGGED BY SNOW AND DEBRIS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO OCCASIONAL SNOW ON FRIDAY
AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE WEAKENING
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN IOWA. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL
THEN CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AS
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA MEANDERS TO THE EAST.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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