SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 153 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 300 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...INTENSE WINTER STORM ENGULFING THE AREA...
AT 145 AM...HEAVY SNOW HAD OVERSPREAD MOST OF THE AREA...THOUGH
THE HEAVY SNOW HAD NOT QUITE REACHED VILAS COUNTY YET. SNOWFALL
RATES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WERE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH PER
HOUR...THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN NEAR WAUTOMA
WERE PROBABLY APPROACHING 2 INCHES PER HOUR. RAIN CONTINUED TO BE
MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES ALONG THE LAKESHORE.
THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING THE SNOW WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN MOLINE AND PEORIA IN WESTERN ILLINOIS. 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. WINDS SHOULD EVENTUALLY GUSTS TO OVER 30 MPH ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA. NEAR THE LAKE AND BAY...GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED
LATER TONIGHT.
INTENSE LIFT GENERATED BY THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST-
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SINCE LATE TUESDAY
EVENING...AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS A TOPPLED TREE HAVE
ALSO BEEN REPORTED.
THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN DIMINISH
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AFTER DAYBREAK.
TRAVEL IS BECOMING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. 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.
WIZ013-020>022-073-074-090545-
/O.CAN.KGRB.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.091208T2140Z-091210T0600Z/
NORTHERN MARINETTE-MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-
SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...CRIVITZ
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 NOON ON WEDNESDAY.
* 10 TO 14 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...WINDS THAT COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45
MPH 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.
WIZ005-010>013-018>022-073-074-080530-
/O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0006.091209T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0006.091208T2100Z-091210T0600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...STURGEON BAY...CRIVITZ
327 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM 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 3 PM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
* SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER
NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER FAR
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS WEDNESDAY
EVENING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO FALL NEAR GREEN
BAY AND 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.
$$
MG/MPC

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.
WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-073-074-070545-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.A.0006.091209T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
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