Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1219 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS SATURDAY
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...
.HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SATURDAY
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. THE LATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED
ARE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM KANSAS TO WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...THEN MOVE ACROSS
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS INTO LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
THIS IS A FAVORABLE TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY...BUT THE HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO BEGIN UNTIL
LATE SATURDAY EVENING.
THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL FOR SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION SATURDAY
EVENING. ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND
30 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT...THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY WHICH SHOULD
INHIBIT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
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MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
1219 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.
SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MAY PRECEDE THE
HEAVIER SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO LEVELS THAT WILL CAUSE
MAJOR IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
ALL INTERESTS SHOULD START THINKING ABOUT MAKING ALTERNATE
ARRANGEMENTS IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING TRAVEL SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY.