HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 354 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
342 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM....DEVELOPING OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARD THE MIDWEST TONIGHT.
THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOW INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WAUSAU TO
APPLETON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PARTS OF FAR
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY. SNOW..MIXED AT TIMES WITH
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...WHERE STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE STORM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY
AT TIMES...TO NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN STARTING
CHRISTMAS EVE AND LASTING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SNOW TOTALS OF 6
TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THOSE LOCATIONS. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL
BE LOWER IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WHERE STORM TOTALS OF 5
TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY. SNOW TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT 2
INCHES NEAR THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY...TO MORE
THAN 6 INCHES WELL INLAND. LOCATIONS FROM THE FOX VALLEY EAST TO
LAKE MICHIGAN SHOULD RECEIVE MOSTLY RAIN FROM THE STORM WITH
LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 303 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...CHRISTMAS TRAVELERS WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH WINTER WEATHER...
.A WINTER STORM MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST FROM OKLAHOMA WILL
PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN IN
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
MOSTLY SNOW IS EXPECTED IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WITH SIX INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE. THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE
WILL SEE SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND A MIXTURE OF RAIN...
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOW
SHOWERS ARE LIKELY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY.
PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN...MINNESOTA AND IOWA WILL RECEIVE
OVER A FOOT OF SNOW... SO TRAVELING TO THE WEST WILL BE VERY
DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT
302 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT
  TIMES...WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE PERIODICALLY
  THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL
  THURSDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER A
  PROLONGED PERIOD ENDING ON CHRISTMAS DAY. SOME MINOR ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
* ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY TONIGHT...WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS LIKELY CONTINUING INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION...OR WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS ENDED.
THE LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING
511.
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