SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 354 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...INTENSE WINTER STORM PUMMELING THE AREA...
AT 345 AM...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...ACCUMULATING AT THE RATE OF
1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWS WERE IN A BAND FROM NEAR WAUTOMA TO GREEN BAY.
TEMPERATURES AT THE LAKESHORE WERE STILL JUST WARM ENOUGH TO CAUSE
SOME RAIN TO BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES. LITTLE CHANGE IN
THESE OVERALL CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING THE SNOW WAS LOCATED
JUST SOUTHWEST OF ROCKFORD ILLINOIS...AND IT CONTINUED TO DEEPEN
RAPIDLY. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK TO NEAR MILWAUKEE BY DAYBREAK.
WINDS ACROSS WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE STORM
STRENGTHENS AND APPROACHES THE AREA. A WIND GUST TO 53 MPH
OCCURRED AT THE AIRPORT IN MENOMINEE MICHIGAN JUST AFTER 330 AM.
WINDS SHOULD EVENTUALLY GUSTS TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA. GUSTS NEAR THE LAKE AND BAY COULD REACH 50 MPH AT TIMES.
THE INTENSE LIFT GENERATED BY THE STORM COULD STILL GENERATE SOME
LIGHTNING STRIKES...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. A FEW POWER OUTAGES AS WELL
AS A TOPPLED TREE WERE REPORTED WITH THE LIGHTNING STRIKES EARLIER
IN THE NIGHT.
THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN DIMINISH
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AFTER DAYBREAK.
TRAVEL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS.
ANYONE VENTURING OUT OVERNIGHT RUNS THE RISK OF BECOMING STRANDED
IN THEIR VEHICLE. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
$$
SKOWRONSKI

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 340 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...
AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
.A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WILL
STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AS IT TURNS NORTHEAST AND TRACKS TO NEAR
CHICAGO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND LAKE HURON BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING. THIS TRACK IS FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND GENERATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STORM WILL SLOWLY PULL AWAY FROM THE AREA
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CAUSING THE SNOW TO END.
HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-090545-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.091208T2140Z-091210T0600Z/
MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-
WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
340 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING BEFORE
BECOMING HEAVY WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM ON
WEDNESDAY.
* 8 TO 14 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...WINDS THAT COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45
MPH IN CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND MAKE THIS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT TRAVEL.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 248 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 245 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
245 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-092045-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
245 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE TO SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN LATE
TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING WILL BECOME MORE
INTENSE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
ALL OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHICH COMBINED WITH
THE SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES. PLEASE SEE ONGOING HEADLINES FOR MORE DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA WITH
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOWFALL
RATES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LESS INTENSE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS...BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND SEVERELY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. PLEASE SEE ONGOING HEADLINES FOR MORE DETAILS.
BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE THE REGION AFTER THE STORM'S PASSAGE.
WIND CHILL READINGS ARE ANTICIPATED TO FALL AS LOW AS 20 TO 25
DEGREES BELOW ZERO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 327 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...STRONG WINTER STORM POISED TO IMPACT ALL OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING....
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON
TUESDAY IS PROJECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO
NORTHWEST INDIANA TUESDAY NIGHT...AND INTO LAKE HURON ON
WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER
NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
BY THE TIME THE STORM DEPARTS WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO
THE SNOW...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM FROM
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WHICH COULD
LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES.
WIZ030-031-035>040-045-048>050-080530-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0006.091209T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0006.091208T1800Z-091210T0600Z/
MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-
WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
327 PM CST MON DEC 7 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.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 730 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT ALL OF NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING....
.THE AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER EAST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHILE SNOW BANDS OFF LAKE MICHIGAN CONTINUE TO
MOVE INLAND OVER MANITOWOC COUNTY.
AS SNOW FROM THE FIRST SYSTEM DEPARTS...ATTENTION WILL THEN TURN
TO A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON
TUESDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA TUESDAY NIGHT...AND INTO LAKE
HURON ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVERSPREADING THE REGION BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOWFALL TOTALS COULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
STORM FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WHICH
COULD LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES.
WIZ040-048-049-072130-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091207T1800Z/
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.A.0006.091209T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALGOMA...OSHKOSH...CHILTON
730 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.
* ROADS AND SIDEWALKS REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE FOX VALLEY LATE TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
  WEDNESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BETWEEN 8 AND 12
  INCHES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* WITH A BRISK NORTHEAST WIND...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
  REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY 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.
* THE HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TUESDAY
  NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&
$$