Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1138 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS
THIS AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT.
THIS STORM WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE GREAT
LAKES INCLUDING ALL OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS MANITOWOC...CALUMET AND
WINNEBAGO COUNTIES...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SUSTAINED NORTHEAST
WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG THE LAKE SHORE AND OVER THE FOX VALLEY.

WIZ048>050-092300-
/O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T0600Z/
WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS
1138 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.

* SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES.

* SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
  THROUGH TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO AS
  LOW AS ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES.

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.

&&

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1214 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

MIZ043>046-050>052-100115-
/O.CON.KGRR.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100210T1800Z/
OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-GRATIOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...
MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON...GREENVILLE...ALMA
1214 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY.

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
   LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
   AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH.

IMPACTS...

 * THE HEAVY SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND
   RESULT IN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. THE EVENING
   COMMUTE HOME WILL BE IMPACTED.

 * AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN
   OPEN COUNTRY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
   WILL BE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT
   AND WEDNESDAY. USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT AND
   WEDNESDAY.

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 DANGEROUS.
   IF YOU TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
   IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1104 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010

...ACCUMULATING SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT...

.WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY
INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN DUE TO ENHANCEMENT FROM LAKE
MICHIGAN. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR THIS STORM BY LATE TONIGHT
WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO
10 TO 14 INCHES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.

A MAJOR CONCERN IS THE EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EAST TO NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTH
TONIGHT. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 35 MPH AT TIMES OVER SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN TONIGHT...AND IN THE RANGE OF 25 TO 30 MPH OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW IS VERY LIGHT AND DRY...AND WILL BLOW AROUND VERY EASILY.
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT.

ALL OF THIS IS THE RESULT OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW
WILL END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT THE WINDS WILL NOT DECREASE
UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WIZ051-052-059-060-065-066-071-072-100115-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T1200Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...
KENOSHA
1104 AM 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...HEAVY AT TIMES...TODAY INTO THIS
  EVENING...DIMINISHING BY LATE TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES BY LATE
  TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.

* WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
  NORTHEAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25
  MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS
  WILL SHIFT NORTH AND REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL
  CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND A RELATIVELY DRY POWDERY
  SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLUSTERY
  NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON
  AND TONIGHT...RESULTING IN CONTINUED TREACHEROUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO 1/4
  MILE IN OPEN AREAS.

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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