WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 332 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WILL
MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN LIFT
INTO SOUTHERN IOWA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
BRING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA STARTING WEDNESDAY AND
CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL OVER THIS PERIOD.
MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-230530-
/O.CON.KARX.WS.A.0005.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
WABASHA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-
JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
325 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
* PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SNOW
FREEZING RAIN FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH CHRISTMAS.
* ALTHOUGH DETAILS OF SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN...IT
APPEARS HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ALONG AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE TO NEILLSVILLE
WISCONSIN.
* SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING 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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THOMPSON
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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