WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 705 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: THE SNOW WAS BECOMING HEAVY EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME
THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME
MIXED WITH SLEET AND RAIN TONIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST BEFORE
SWITCHING BACK TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9
INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH
THE SNOW AT TIMES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE
KENOSHA AREA...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF WAUKESHA.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...
INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING
AND TURNING NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. A BRIEF LULL IN WINDS IS
POSSIBLE AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WINDS
WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20
TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY
DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS
EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY.
* NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...
PARTICULARLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING 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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HENTZ
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