HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 427 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
349 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
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MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
349 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL GENERATE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG
WINDS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND WEST WINDS OF AROUND 15
MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
$$

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.
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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.
$$

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.
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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: 341 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TONIGHT
AND MONDAY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
...FOLLOWING THIS FIRST SNOW...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BE POISED
TO IMPACT ALL OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO
REACH SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. SNOW ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LOW SHOULD ARRIVE LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THE FOX VALLEY...INTO THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES.
MOISTURE FROM LAKE MICHIGAN COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE.
AS SNOW FROM THE FIRST SYSTEM DEPARTS...ATTENTION WILL THEN TURN
TO A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
GREAT LAKES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION
TO GUSTY WINDS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER THESE PERIODS MAY REACH INTO
THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE OVER NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND 8 TO 12
INCH RANGE OVER THE FOX VALLEY AND SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
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WAUSHARA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA...CRIVITZ
341 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...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 NORTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING.
* SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY THE
TIME THE STORM EXITS WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* WITH A BRISK EAST WIND...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN
SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. TRAVELING WILL
BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS OVER THIS TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
MG/MPC