Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2009, 3:58 AM CST for 13 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 23, 2009, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 37 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2009, 3:58 AM CST (09:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2009, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2009, 4:05 AM CST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 28 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:57 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Charles City, IA | |
| Dec 23, 6:51 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Wilton 3e, WI | |
| Dec 23, 6:52 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Decorah 7ene, IA | |
| Dec 23, 6:53 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Dec 23, 6:53 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Valley 1nw, WI | |
| Dec 23, 6:55 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Rochester Airport, MN | |
| Dec 23, 6:56 PM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Lancaster, WI | |
| Dec 23, 7:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Rochester 1nw, MN | |
| Dec 23, 8:56 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Richland Center, WI | A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN WAS CURRENTLY FALLING HEAVILY |
| Dec 23, 9:17 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Platteville, WI | GLAZE COVERING TREES. STREETS LIKE A SKATING RINK. |
| Dec 23, 9:26 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 Nw Cuba City, WI | |
| Dec 23, 9:42 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Waterville 8s, IA | |
| Dec 23, 9:43 PM CST | SNOW 2 | New Hampton 1s, IA | |
| Dec 23, 9:44 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Preston, MN | |
| Dec 23, 9:48 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Riceville, IA | |
| Dec 23, 9:49 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Stoddard 5nne, WI | |
| Dec 23, 9:49 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Wilton 3e, WI | |
| Dec 23, 9:57 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Austin Kaal Tv, MN | |
| Dec 23, 9:57 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Rochester Kttc Tv, MN | |
| Dec 23, 9:58 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Le Roy, MN | |
| Dec 23, 10:02 PM CST | SNOW 2.6 | New Hartford, MN | |
| Dec 23, 10:12 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Mount Zion 2nw, WI | |
| Dec 23, 10:12 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | West Salem, WI | |
| Dec 23, 10:14 PM CST | SNOW 3 | De Soto, WI | |
| Dec 23, 10:18 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.06 | Edgewood, IA | |
| Dec 23, 10:58 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Reads Landing 1w, MN | |
| Dec 24, 12:03 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Independence 3ne, WI | |
| Dec 24, 12:04 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Dec 24, 12:05 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | French Island, WI | |
| Dec 24, 12:22 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Valley 1nw, WI | |
| Dec 24, 12:24 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Holmen, WI | |
| Dec 24, 1:34 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Reads Landing 1w, MN | |
| Dec 24, 1:45 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Charles City, IA | |
| Dec 24, 3:55 AM CST | SNOW 3 | La Crosse 5sse, WI | |
| Dec 24, 5:19 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Rochester, MN | QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 24, 5:34 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Grand Meadow, MN | 1/16 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 24, 5:34 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Grand Meadow, MN | |
| Dec 24, 5:56 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 E La Crosse, WI | 0.15 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AT THE NWS OFFICE |
| Dec 24, 5:59 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | La Crosse Nws, WI | |
| Dec 24, 6:02 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | French Island, WI | ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 24, 6:02 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | French Island, WI | |
| Dec 24, 6:03 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Rochester Airport, MN | |
| Dec 24, 6:05 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Whitehall, WI | |
| Dec 24, 6:21 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Zumbro Falls, MN | |
| Dec 24, 6:22 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Medford 4nw, WI | |
| Dec 24, 6:31 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Stoddard 5nne, WI | |
| Dec 24, 6:32 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 5 Nne Stoddard, WI | 0.15 TO 0.25 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 24, 6:42 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Volga, IA | |
| Dec 24, 6:48 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Goodview, MN | |
| Dec 24, 6:58 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Neillsville, WI | |
| Dec 24, 7:02 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Osage, IA | |
| Dec 24, 7:17 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Edgewood, IA | 3/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 24, 7:24 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Necedah 2se, WI | |
| Dec 24, 7:27 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Richland Center 1nw, WI | |
| Dec 24, 7:28 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Preston, MN | 1/16 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 24, 7:28 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Friendship, WI | |
| Dec 24, 7:29 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Preston, MN | |
| Dec 24, 7:31 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Four Corners, WI | |
| Dec 24, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Waukon 8nw, IA | |
| Dec 24, 7:36 AM CST | SNOW 0.2 | Fayette, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KARX 230958 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 358 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING... ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS. A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK FROM ALONG THE GULF COAST THURSDAY MORNING AND LIFT INTO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WAVER BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE BETTER CHANCES FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN SNOW LONGER FURTHER TO THE WEST IN MINNESOTA AND IOWA...WHILE WARMER AIR FURTHER EAST ACROSS WISCONSIN WILL LEAD TO MORE MIXED PRECIPITATION. REGARDLESS...THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-231800- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0007.091223T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KARX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-091223T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 358 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. THE INITIAL SURGE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS. * LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN. 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST FROM THIS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ053-231800- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...VIROQUA 358 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS. * LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN. 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST FROM THIS. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ WIZ041>044-231800- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON 358 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS. * LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN. 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST FROM THIS. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-231800- /O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ WABASHA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 358 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS. * LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN. 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST FROM THIS. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ BOYNE/HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
17 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KARX 231526 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 926 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CONTINUES THIS MORNING IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTS ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS. A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT INTO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WAVER BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE BETTER CHANCES FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN SNOW LONGER FURTHER TO THE WEST IN MINNESOTA AND IOWA...WHILE WARMER AIR FURTHER EAST ACROSS WISCONSIN WILL LEAD TO MORE MIXED PRECIPITATION. REGARDLESS...THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-232330- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091223T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-091223T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 926 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A LARGER SURGE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-232330- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE- JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 926 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS. * LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-232330- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ WABASHA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 926 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS. * LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 231805 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1205 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTS ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS. A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT INTO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WAVER BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE BETTER CHANCES FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN SNOW LONGER FURTHER TO THE WEST IN MINNESOTA AND IOWA...WHILE WARMER AIR FURTHER EAST ACROSS WISCONSIN WILL LEAD TO MORE MIXED PRECIPITATION. REGARDLESS... THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-240215- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091223T2100Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KARX.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-091223T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1205 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIDESPREAD SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-240215- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE- JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 1205 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-240215- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ WABASHA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 1205 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 232143 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 343 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT ENTIRE AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT INTO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WAVER BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WHILE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICE EXISTS IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. REGARDLESS... THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-240545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 343 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO CRESCO IOWA...DECREASING TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053-240545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE- JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 343 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM PRESTON MINNESOTA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN...DECREASING TO 4 TO 8 INCHES IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-240545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ WABASHA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 343 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM ARCADIA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS TO MEDFORD WISCONSIN...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 240018 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 618 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM UNDERWAY AND WILL IMPACT ENTIRE AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT INTO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WAVER BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WHILE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICE EXISTS IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. REGARDLESS... THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-240830- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 618 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO CRESCO IOWA...DECREASING TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-240830- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ WABASHA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 618 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND THIS MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM ARCADIA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS TO MEDFORD WISCONSIN...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 240225 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 825 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM UNDERWAY AND WILL IMPACT ENTIRE AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT INTO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WAVER BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WHILE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICE EXISTS IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. REGARDLESS... THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-241030- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 825 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO CRESCO IOWA...DECREASING TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-241030- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0300Z-091226T0000Z/ WABASHA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS 825 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW THIS EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY WITH THIS MIX CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM ARCADIA TO BLACK RIVER FALLS TO MEDFORD WISCONSIN...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES EAST OF THIS LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 240418 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1018 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM UNDERWAY AND WILL IMPACT ENTIRE AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT INTO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WAVER BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WHILE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICE EXISTS IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. REGARDLESS... THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 241230- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 1018 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-MNZ096-WIZ041-042-053-241230- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA 1018 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY....WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF A LA CROSSE WISCONSIN...TO DECORAH IOWA LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ030-WIZ043-044-054-055-061-241230- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1018 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ALL RAIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 240733 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 133 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... .EARLIER SNOWFALL OF BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS GIVEN WAY TO A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ACROSS THE REGION. SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING WITH MAINLY RAIN FALLING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY IN EASTERN TEXAS WILL LIFT NORTH INTO CENTRAL IOWA EARLY ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WAVER BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO SLEET TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY ACROSS THE REGION. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WHILE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICE EXISTS IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 241545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 133 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * SNOW HAS MAINLY CHANGED OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET AND WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-MNZ096-WIZ041-042-053-241545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA 133 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * SNOW HAS MAINLY CHANGED OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY....WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF A LA CROSSE WISCONSIN...TO DECORAH IOWA LINE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ030-WIZ043-044-054-055-061-241545- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 133 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 241007 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 407 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...POTENT WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT REGION... .A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH A TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER AROUND FREEZING TODAY WITH SOME SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR MOVING IN ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THIS WILL LEAD TO A PERIOD OF JUST RAIN TODAY FOR THAT AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND A MIX REGION WIDE TONIGHT WITH COLDER LOW LEVEL AIR MOVING BACK IN...WITH BETTER CHANCES FOR ALL SNOW FURTHER WEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL TAKE OVER AS PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE ON FRIDAY AS SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AIR MOVES IN. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WHILE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICE EXISTS IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 241815- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 407 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-MNZ096-WIZ041-042-053-241815- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA 407 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ030-WIZ043-044-054-055-061-241815- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 407 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET... AND RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 241310 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 710 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS... .A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH A TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER AROUND FREEZING TODAY WHICH WILL LEAD TO JUST RAIN OR DRIZZLE FALLING AT TIMES. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL START UP AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND REMAIN A MIX REGION WIDE. A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...WHILE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICING EXISTS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOT RECOMMENDING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA DUE TO ICE COVERED ROADWAYS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 242115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 710 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-MNZ096-WIZ041-042-053-242115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA 710 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ030-WIZ043-044-054-055-061-242115- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 710 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TONIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 241600 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1000 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS... .ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THIS MORNING RANGED FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD VARIED FROM AROUND AN INCH UP TO 5 INCHES. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH A TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER AROUND FREEZING TODAY WHICH WILL LEAD TO JUST RAIN OR DRIZZLE FALLING AT TIMES. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL START UP AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND REMAIN A MIX REGIONWIDE. A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...WHILE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICING EXISTS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOT RECOMMENDING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA DUE TO ICE COVERED ROADWAYS AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 250000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 1000 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 12 TO 18 INCHES. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-MNZ096-WIZ041-042-053-250000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA 1000 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH TODAY...THEN TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ030-WIZ043-044-054-055-061-250000- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ CLAYTON-JUNEAU-ADAMS-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAUSTON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1000 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TONIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 241757 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1157 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...PRECIPITATION TO LULL THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT... .TEMPERATURES WERE WARMING THIS MORNING WITH AREAS SOUTH OF I-90 AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES...AND MAINLY RAIN WAS FALLING. THIS WAS IMPROVING CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA WHERE MANY AREAS SAW AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE OVERNIGHT. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MAIN ROADS ARE SIMPLY WET IN THAT AREA. ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUED AS TEMPERATURES VARIED GREATLY FROM 28 TO 34 DEGREES. A BREAK OR LULL IS EXPECTED IN THE PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN AGAIN TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DEPENDING ON LOCATION. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WARM TODAY WITH MAINLY RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND EXTREME NORTHEAST IOWA. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WAS DOWNGRADED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THERE. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ011-030-WIZ054-055-061-250200- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.WW.Y.0015.091224T1757Z-091226T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1157 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. * RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-EVENING. THEN...A CHANGE OVER OR MIX WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. * AN ADDITIONAL 2-5 INCHES OF SNOW AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WERE STILL BEING REPORTED ON SECONDARY AND GRAVEL ROADS TODAY. MOST MAIN ROADS WERE WET AND TRAVEL REPORTED AS FAIR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AGAIN. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 250200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 1157 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON IN LIGHTER PRECIPITATION. A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES...AND ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-029-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053-250200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...OELWEIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 1157 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON IN LIGHTER PRECIPITATION. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT AND COULD BE MAINLY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LAST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ BAUMGARDT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 242130 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 330 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES... .A LARGE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WILL ACCOMPANY LOW PRESSURE AS IT TRACKS NORTHWARD INTO IOWA THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WHERE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN COULD OCCUR TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DEPENDING ON LOCATION. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE STORM SYSTEM. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 250530- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 330 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT... POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-029-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053-250530- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...OELWEIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 330 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVIER OVERNIGHT AND COULD BE MAINLY SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LAST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-055-061-250530- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 330 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-EVENING. THEN...A CHANGE OVER OR MIX WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOST MAIN ROADS WERE WET AND TRAVEL REPORTED AS FAIR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ THOMPSON WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 242351 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 551 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES... .A LARGE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WILL ACCOMPANY LOW PRESSURE AS IT TRACKS NORTHWARD INTO IOWA THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WHERE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN COULD OCCUR TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...A MIX OF RAIN... SNOW... SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DEPENDING ON LOCATION. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE STORM SYSTEM. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 250800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 551 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHOULD OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING. WITH THE SNOW POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-029-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053-250800- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...OELWEIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 551 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN LIKELY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. BY LATE EVENING A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE LIKELY. AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES HEAVIER OVERNIGHT...THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LAST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-055-061-250800- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 551 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-EVENING. THEN...A CHANGE OVER OR MIX WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOST MAIN ROADS WERE WET AND TRAVEL REPORTED AS FAIR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AGAIN. 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. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 250209 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 809 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES OVER THE AREA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE ARKANSAS MISSOURI BORDER THIS EVENING. MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF IT WAS STREAMING NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS BEGINNING TO PICK UP ACROSS THE REGION WITH RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ALL BEING REPORTED. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE STORM SYSTEM. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 251015- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 809 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS. WITH THE SNOW POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-029-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053-251015- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...OELWEIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 809 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES HEAVIER OVERNIGHT...THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LAST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-055-061-251015- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 809 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOST MAIN ROADS WERE WET AND TRAVEL REPORTED AS FAIR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 250351 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 951 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES OVER THE AREA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI LATE THIS EVENING. MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF IT WAS STREAMING NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE REGION WITH RAIN BEING REPORTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND SLEET AND SNOW FURTHER NORTH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. BY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO SNOW...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE STORM SYSTEM. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 251200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 951 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ONLY A TRACE OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-029-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053-251200- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...OELWEIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 951 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH IT AT TIMES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LAST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-055-061-251200- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 951 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOST MAIN ROADS WERE WET AND TRAVEL REPORTED AS FAIR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AGAIN. 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. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 250615 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1215 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES OVER THE AREA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AT MIDNIGHT. MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF IT CONTINUED STREAMING NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. RAIN WAS BEING REPORTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WITH SLEET AND SNOW FURTHER NORTH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. BY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO SNOW...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE STORM SYSTEM. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034- 251415- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS 1215 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ONLY A TRACE OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ010-029-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053-251415- /O.CON.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WINNESHIEK-FAYETTE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...OELWEIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 1215 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH IT AT TIMES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LAST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY DUE TO SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-055-061-251415- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1215 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THE RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW AT TIMES. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM ENDS. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOST MAIN ROADS WERE WET AND TRAVEL REPORTED AS FAIR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT AGAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS43 KARX 251005 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 405 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.. .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL TRACK TO THE NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL IOWA TODAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OUT AHEAD OF IT TODAY...BRINGING A MIX OF SLEET...RAIN AND SNOW TO THE REGION. RAIN CONTINUED TO BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE NOTED ON OBSERVATIONS THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW AND SLEET BEING REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. COLDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO WRAP INTO THE SYSTEM LATER THIS MORNING WHICH WILL HELP CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TYPE TO A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND RAIN. BY THIS AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE AREA SHOULD BE CHANGING OVER TO SNOWFALL. THE MAIN CONCERN RESIDES WITH SLEET ACCUMULATION TODAY AS SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS THE REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING IN THE CHARLES CITY IOWA TO DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA REGION WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY FALL. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. IAZ009-010-019-029-MNZ079-087-088-095-096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053-251815- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KARX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-OLMSTED-WINONA- FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER... WINONA...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA 405 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND MIX IN WITH SLEET AT TIMES AND WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ008-018-MNZ086-094-251815- /O.CAN.KARX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KARX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ MITCHELL-FLOYD-DODGE-MOWER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...AUSTIN 405 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BUT CHANGE OVER TO MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ011-030-WIZ054-055-061-251815- /O.CON.KARX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 405 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND MIX IN WITH SLEET AT TIMES AND WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. * HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. 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. && $$ HALBACH/DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 23, 3:58 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 3:58 AM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
358 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY
THE MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS
TIME PERIOD.
AT 3 AM...BOTH THE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS WERE
INDICATING THAT BAND OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUES TO MOVE
NORTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
OCCASIONALLY THIS DRIZZLE WILL MAKE IT UP INTO THE INTERSTATE 90
CORRIDOR...BUT THIS PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN FAIRLY SPOTTY DUE TO
THE DRY EASTERLY FLOW.
THE 23.00Z MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR THROUGH AT LEAST 3 PM TODAY. WITH THE BEST
MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND FRONTOGENESIS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES WERE THE
HIGHEST IN THESE AREAS AND RAPIDLY DECLINED TO THE NORTH. WITH THE
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...THE END TIME OF
THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WAS EXTENDED FROM NOON TO 3 PM.
FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS OF THURSDAY...A
SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL BE MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA.
THIS WILL LIKELY ENHANCE THE LIFT ACROSS THE REGION AND ALSO
INTRODUCED THE ICE CRYSTAL NEEDED TO SEED THE SATURATED LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE. AS A RESULT...WE SHOULD SEE A RAPID CHANGE OVER FROM
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TO SNOW. AS THIS WAVE MOVES
AWAY...IT LOOKS LIKE MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY SHIFT BACK TO
FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY THE
CASE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS AREA ON
THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING THE ICE CRYSTALS NEEDED
FOR THE SEEDER FEEDER MECHANISM TO GENERATE ANOTHER ROUND OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE REGION.
ON THURSDAY NIGHT...STRONG CYCLOGENESIS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS
IOWA. IN ADDITION...THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE WEST. THIS INITIALLY
LOOKS STRANGE...BUT THIS IS DUE TO ANOTHER NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM
MERGING WITH THE SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM. THIS ULTIMATELY RESULTS
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CLOSED 500 MB LOW. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO
SHOW THAT THE SOUTHERN SYSTEM WILL BRING ABUNDANT GULF OF MEXICO
MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE
OVER 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH ICE CRYSTALS
AROUND FOR MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION TO BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW.
HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE SOME HINTS THAT THE TEMPERATURES MAY
WARM ENOUGH ALOFT THAT THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL WISCONSIN MAY TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN AND THIS MAY LINGER
INTO FRIDAY.
ON FRIDAY MORNING...IT APPEARS THAT MUCH OF THE AREA MAY LOSE THE
ICE CRYSTALS REQUIRED FOR SNOW. THIS IS DUE TO A TONGUE OF DRIER
AIR WRAPPING INTO THE SYSTEM. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE PRECIPITATION
TRANSITIONING OVER TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN. HOWEVER
THIS LOOKS TO BE SHORT LIVED...BECAUSE STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION
FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING A RETURN TO THE ICE CRYSTALS ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD ONCE AGAIN
TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW.
WITH THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO
FREEZING RAIN...THE TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL
VERY TRICKY. HOWEVER IT DOES LOOK POSSIBLE THAT AREAS NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN MAY SEE
ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW. THESE TOTALS THEN DECREASE
TO 5 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH LOOK
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.
.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MUCH OF THE TIME THIS MORNING HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE IMPENDING
WINTER STORM...SO THESE TIME PERIODS WERE JUST GIVEN A CURSORY
GLANCE.
THE 23.00Z MODELS...LIKE THEIR PREDECESSORS...CONTINUE TO SHOW
THAT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL STILL BE LINGERING ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA THIS WEEKEND. DUE TO THIS...THE SNOW CHANCES WERE
INCREASED SOME ON BOTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...
THE SNOW CHANCES LOOK LIKE THEY MAY NEED TO BE RAISED ON SATURDAY
NIGHT AND ADDED TO SUNDAY.
IN ADDITION WITH ABUNDANT CLOUDS LINGERING ACROSS THE REGION AND A
DELAY IN THE ARCTIC AIR INTRUSION...THE TEMPERATURES LOOK LIKE
THEY MAY BE A BIT TOO COOL. WITH STILL UNCERTAINTY IN THESE
PERIODS...AN IMPENDING WINTER STORMS...AND ALREADY WELL
COLLABORATED GRIDS...NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THESE GRIDS.
&&
.AVIATION...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WEATHER CONCERNS CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE FREEZING DRIZZLE CHANCES
ALONG WITH LOWERING CIGS/VIS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A POTENT STORM
SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO BRING A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN
TONIGHT.
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CURRENT ACTIVITY OF FZDZ DESPITE THE FORECAST
SOUNDINGS LOOKING FAVORABLE FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT WITH MOIST LOW LEVEL
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE THANKS TO
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. MAIN MISSING ELEMENT AT THIS POINT IS SOME
STRONGER LOW LEVEL FORCING IN THIS MOIST LAYER. SOME RETURNS HAVE
BEEN NOTED ON RADAR FURTHER SOUTH NEAR DVN...BUT EXPECT THESE AREAS
OF FZRA/DZ TO HAVE A TOUGH TIME MAKING IT TO LSE WITH RST HAVING A
BETTER SHOT. FOR THE TIME BEING...WILL LEAVE THE TAF DRY THROUGH
THE REST OF THE MORNING.
CIGS/VIS HAVE BEEN BULLISH WITH THE MAIN CORE OF IFR CIGS EXTENDING
FROM EASTERN IOWA NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WITH A BATCH OF
MVFR CIGS EXTENDING EAST OF THIS AREA. EXPECTING THAT THERE WONT BE
MUCH CHANGE IN THIS GRADIENT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON AS THE POTENT
STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS
WILL LEAD TO AN INTENSIFYING OF SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS THAT WILL
AID IN TRANSPORTING GULF MOISTURE UP INTO THE REGION. CIGS WILL
LIKELY DROP TO IFR OR WORSE RATHER QUICKLY AS THIS OCCURS.
IN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION...LOOKS AS THOUGH AFTER THE CHANCES FOR
FZDZ PERIOD END THIS AFTERNOON...WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF SNOW THIS
EVENING WITH A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A TAB
ON THE LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURE PROFILE OVERNIGHT AND WHETHER ANY SLEET
MAY MIX IN...BUT AT THIS POINT THEY DO NOT LOOK WARM ENOUGH TO CAUSE
ANY IP.
WINDS WILL ALSO BE STRENGTHENING OUT OF THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH
SOME SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20KT AND HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 30KT
POSSIBLE.
EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS TO DROP TO IFR THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIFR/VLIFR
NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AS THE PRECIPITATION STARTS TONIGHT.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIZ054-
WIZ055-WIZ061.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR WIZ041-WIZ042-WIZ043-WIZ044-WIZ053.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ088-MNZ094-MNZ095-MNZ096.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR MNZ079.
IA...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR IAZ008-
IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029-IAZ030.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY
FOR IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029-IAZ030.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...BOYNE
AVIATION...HALBACHHazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 3:00 PM CST, 12 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 300 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044- 053>055-061-231200- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-FAYETTE- FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE- MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WABASHA- WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 300 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE...MOSTLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WABASHA MINNESOTA...TOWARD WISCONSIN DELLS WISCONSIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...AS TRAVEL COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THIS EXPECTED TRANSITION OF PRECIPITATION TYPE MAKES FORECASTING SNOW AND ICING AMOUNTS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. HOWEVER...IT STILL APPEARS THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA TO LA CROSSE TO NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN. SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY AS THIS WINTER STORM SLOWLY MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED... AS THE LARGE WINTER STORM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... A CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WIZ017-029-231200- CLARK-TAYLOR- 300 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...AS TRAVEL COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THIS EXPECTED TRANSITION OF PRECIPITATION TYPE MAKES FORECASTING SNOW AND ICING AMOUNTS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. HOWEVER...IT STILL APPEARS THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS. HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEILLSVILLE TO MEDFORD WISCONSIN. SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY AS THIS WINTER STORM SLOWLY MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED... AS THE LARGE WINTER STORM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... A CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 7:57 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 19 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.