HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Warning Issue Date: 407 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
RAIN AND MELTING SNOW COULD CAUSE RIVER RISES AND PONDING
ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH
TONIGHT...
A MAJOR WINTER STORM HAS BROUGHT SOME ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES
NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
OVERNIGHT. THESE TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FREEZING
THROUGH TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION...BETWEEN A HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE FALLING
ACROSS THESE SAME AREAS TODAY.
THIS PRECIPITATION...COMBINED WITH PARTIAL MELTING OF AN 8 TO
12 INCH AVERAGE SNOW PACK...COULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER...
WITHIN BANK RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS...AND POSSIBLY SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALIZED ICE
JAMS WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME ISOLATED FLOODING.
THOSE WITH RIVER INTERESTS OR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN LOWER TERRAIN
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WATER ISSUES OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.
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BOYNE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1157 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELED.
* RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-EVENING. THEN...A CHANGE OVER OR
MIX WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED.
* AN ADDITIONAL 2-5 INCHES OF SNOW AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WERE STILL BEING REPORTED ON
SECONDARY AND GRAVEL ROADS TODAY. MOST MAIN ROADS WERE WET AND
TRAVEL REPORTED AS FAIR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONDITIONS COULD
DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AGAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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