SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 351 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...PATCHY FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL THIS EVENING...
...THAW OVER NEXT 24 HOURS BEFORE COLD AIR RETURNS...
RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH 1 TO
1.5 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE LOWER 30S
BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RISE A FEW DEGREES INTO THE 35 TO 40 DEGREE
RANGE BY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
A FEW COLDER LOCATIONS AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN REMAIN NEAR
FREEZING SO PATCHY FREEZING RAIN REMAINS POSSIBLE. MOST TREATED
ROADS AND SURFACES SHOULD REMAIN WET OVERNIGHT.
THE RAIN WILL MELT SOME OF THE SNOWPACK AND RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING PROBLEMS TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL
BACK INTO THE 20S FRIDAY NIGHT...RESIDUAL SLUSH AND STANDING WATER
WILL REFREEZE INTO SOLID SHEETS OF ICE. THUS...SNOW REMOVAL
EFFORTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON BEFORE
TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING AGAIN.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF JUST AN INCH OR SO. HOWEVER...TRAVEL COULD BECOME
HAZARDOUS ON UNTREATED SURFACES AS WET SURFACES TURN ICY AND SNOW
STARTS TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF IT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 339 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
ANOTHER SURGE OF WARMER...MOIST AIR AHEAD OF STRENGTHENING LOW
PRESSURE IN ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAIN
ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT.
THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. RAPID
RAINFALL OF AN INCH...TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES...ARE EXPECTED TO
FALL ON TOP OF THE CURRENT SNOW PACK AND FROZEN GROUND. THIS WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS...RIVERS...AND
STREAMS. RUNOFF WOULD ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE THE CLOSEST SEWER DRAIN TO YOUR
RESIDENCE IS UNCLOGGED BY SNOW AND DEBRIS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO OCCASIONAL SNOW ON FRIDAY
AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE WEAKENING
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN IOWA. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL
THEN CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AS
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA MEANDERS TO THE EAST.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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