HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...
A SURGE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
FORECAST RAINFALL TOTALS RANGE FROM BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
SNOW PACK OVER THE AREA IS HOLDING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
WATER THAT WILL BE PARTIALLY RELEASED WITH THE RAINFALL AND
MELTING FROM TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S.
ANY STREETS OR ROADWAYS WITH POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO SNOW OR
DEBRIS-CLOGGED STORM DRAINS WILL FILL WITH WATER.
THE FLOODING THREAT WILL GRADUALLY END FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGE BACK BELOW FREEZING AND RAIN CHANGES TO
LIGHT SNOW. RESIDUAL SLUSH AND WATER SHOULD FREEZE INTO SHEETS OF
ICE FRIDAY NIGHT.
PERSONS LIVING NEAR FAST-RESPONDING RIVERS AND STREAMS...OR IN LOW-
LYING DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS FLOODING THREAT. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR FLOODED INTERSECTIONS AND OVERPASSES.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 437 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 Expires:200912261015;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
405 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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405 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING NEAR
LAKE MICHIGAN. WIND SPEEDS MAY REACH 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH NEAR
THE LAKE. HENCE A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FROM
SHEBOYGAN TO MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA.
OVERNIGHT AND MORNING TOTAL RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH...AND MELTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
PONDING OF WATER ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY PRODUCING OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF SEVERAL INCHES LIKELY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT RAIN AND SNOWFALL
REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 420 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...COLDER AIR RETURNS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...
PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF ONE TENTH TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH. THE RAINFALL AND
MELTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING.
MOST OF THE SNOW AND ICE WHICH FELL LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
SHOULD HAVE MELTED FROM THE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND
OVERNIGHT RAINFALL...HOWEVER A FEW SLUSHY SPOTS MAY LINGER.
MUCH COLDER AIR WRAPPING AROUND WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE IN IOWA
WILL SURGE INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL BELOW FREEZING. AS TEMPERATURES
FALL BACK INTO THE 20S...ANY RESIDUAL SLUSH AND STANDING WATER
WILL FREEZE INTO SOLID SHEETS OF ICE.
THUS...ANY LINGERING SNOW AND SLUSH REMOVAL SHOULD BE COMPLETED
THIS MORNING...BEFORE THE TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW FREEZING THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE. TRAVEL COULD BECOME
HAZARDOUS ON UNTREATED SURFACES AS WET SURFACES TURN ICY AND SNOW
STARTS TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF IT.
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