WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 327 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES
BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.
* WITH A BRISK NORTHEAST WIND...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 511.
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