Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
930 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

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930 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
WHILE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 6
INCHES WEST OF MADISON TO 10 TO 14 INCHES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.

STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH
NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN...WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES
NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE
APPRECIATED.

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Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
951 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...SNOW WILL START TO WIND DOWN IN THE EAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT BUT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE...

.SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING OVER
THE LAKE SHORE AREAS FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND
KENOSHA...AND INLAND TO WAUKESHA...UNION GROVE AND PADDOCK LAKE.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS
THROUGH 1 AM...PUSHING SNOWFALL TOTALS INTO THE 10 TO 14 INCH
RANGE.

IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE
HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WHERE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE BANDS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVER THE
LAKE SHORE AREAS BETWEEN 10 PM CST AND 1 AM CST...AS THE HEAVIER
SNOW SHIFTS EASTWARD OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.

FARTHER INLAND...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT TO FLURRIES. HOWEVER BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL CONTINUE.

TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS MOST
OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO 10 TO 14 INCHES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.

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PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...
KENOSHA
951 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO PERIODS OF LIGHT
  SNOW...DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES MOST AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS FOND
  DU LAC COUNTY...AND 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE REST OF THIS
  AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR
  LAKE MICHIGAN.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO 30 TO 35 MPH AT
  TIMES. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR
  BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FOR A TIME
  TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
  TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY
  REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR
  LAKE MICHIGAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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