HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Warning Issue Date: 334 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
RAIN AND MELTING SNOW COULD CAUSE RIVER RISES AND PONDING...
A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BRING RELATIVELY WARM AIR NORTHWARD AND
POSSIBLY SOME RAIN TO PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. OVER AN
INCH OF RAIN AND MIXED PRECIPITATION COULD FALL IN THIS AREA.
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.
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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SHEA
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 618 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET
WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED
FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY
IOWA TO CRESCO IOWA...DECREASING TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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