HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 344 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 345 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN...
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OVER SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN TONIGHT...THEN PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN THURSDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT...LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. FORECAST RAINFALL
TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM BETWEEN 1 INCH AND 1.2 INCHES.
SNOW PACK OVER THE AREA IS HOLDING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF
WATER THAT WILL BE RELEASED WITH THE RAINFALL AND MELTING FROM
TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S.
WITH THE FROZEN GROUND...THE RAIN AND MELT WATER WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO PERCOLATE INTO THE SOIL...AND WILL RUN OFF INTO AREA RIVERS AND
STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. ANY STREETS OR ROADWAYS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE DUE TO SNOW OR DEBRIS-CLOGGED STORM DRAINS WILL ALSO FILL
WITH WATER.
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.
$$
REM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 428 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

Expires:200912241045;;
FLUS43 KMKX 232204 AAB
HWOMKX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
404 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-241045-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
404 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A SURGE OF MOISTURE ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SPAWNED BY
A DEVELOPING LARGE AND STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION...SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF A
LINGERING MIXTURE OF RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.
THE MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AS A SURGE OF DEEP MOISTURE AND WARMER AIR
PUSHES NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AHEAD OF STRONG LOW
PRESSURE OVER MISSOURI.
THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT...LASTING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. RAINFALL OF ONE INCH...TO ONE
AND ONE QUARTER INCHES...ARE EXPECTED TO FALL QUICKLY ON TOP OF THE
CURRENT SNOW PACK AND FROZEN GROUND. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
MINOR FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS...RIVERS...AND STREAMS. RUNOFF WOULD
ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
PRIOR TO THURSDAY NIGHT...IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE THE
CLOSEST STREET DRAIN TO YOUR RESIDENCE IS UNCLOGGED BY SNOW AND
DEBRIS.
THE PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO OCCASIONAL SNOW ON
FRIDAY...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE WEAKENING AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER IOWA. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA
MEANDERS TO THE EAST.
THE PERIODS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY AFFECT HOLIDAY
TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. STAY UPDATED ON
THE LATEST FORECAST CONCERNING THIS PERIOD OF MIXED
PRECIPITATION...AND BE READY TO ALTER YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE
REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 357 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY MORNING...
.A SURGE OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS A LIGHT SNOW...LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET MIX...THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING...WITH
SLEET MIXED IN AT TIMES. IT WILL THEN BECOME A MIXTURE OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT. THE MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO
MOSTLY RAIN AND DRIZZLE THURSDAY MORNING.
SNOWFALL AND SLEET WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH NEAR LAKE
MICHIGAN AND FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...TO BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES IN
NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...WITH LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH OVER SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN FOR
THE MIX OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE...AND A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ALL INTERESTS WILL WANT TO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND PLAN ON ALTERING YOUR PLANS TO STAY AHEAD OF THE
DETERIORATING WEATHER.
WIZ062-063-067>069-240600-
/O.UPG.KMKX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-091224T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMKX.WS.W.0006.091223T2157Z-091224T1800Z/
IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT
357 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIX OF SLEET AND ACCUMULATING
SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* PRECIPITATION HAS BEGUN AS A MIX OF...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
  LIGHT SNOW MIX...WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS. IT WILL TRANSITION
  TO A SHORT PERIOD OF SNOW...WITH SLEET MIXED IN AT TIMES THIS
  EVENING...THEN BACK TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET LATE
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
  OVER TO RAIN AND DRIZZLE DURING THE MORNING ON THURSDAY. THE
  RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY MORNING AND
  AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY
  MORNING...1 TO 3 INCHES.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE INTO
  THURSDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...BLUSTERY EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
  MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS IS
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO THURSDAY
  MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
&&
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 133 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY MORNING...
.A SURGE OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS A LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND
LIGHT SNOW MIX...AND THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING...WITH
SLEET MIXED IN AT TIMES. IT WILL THEN BECOME A MIXTURE OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE
MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO MOSTLY RAIN AND DRIZZLE BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOWFALL AND SLEET WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH NEAR LAKE
MICHIGAN...TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH AND WEST OF MADISON. IN ADDITION...ICE
ACCUMULATION LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. ALL INTERESTS WILL WANT TO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST
FORECASTS...AND PLAN ON ALTERING YOUR PLANS TO STAY AHEAD OF THE
DETERIORATING WEATHER.
WIZ062>064-067>072-240345-
/O.EXT.KMKX.WW.Y.0016.091223T1924Z-091224T1800Z/
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...
ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA
133 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY.
* PRECIPITATION BEGAN AS A LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW MIX.
IT WILL TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF SNOW WITH SLEET MIXED IN AT
TIMES THIS EVENING. IT WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...AND SLEET LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE
MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY RAIN AND DRIZZLE BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...3 TO 5 INCHES.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...BLUSTERY EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$