WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1117 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN TRANSITION TO
A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY RAIN BY
THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY...2 TO 4 INCHES.
* 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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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