WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 316 PM CST WED DEC 23 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 ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...
SLEET... AND SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. 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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