Updated: Feb 9th, - 11:15am.| Current Weather Alerts for the Kenosha Area | |  Winter Storm Warning
| ACCUMULATING SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
.WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY
INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN DUE TO ENHANCEMENT FROM LAKE
MICHIGAN. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR THIS STORM BY LATE TONIGHT
WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...TO
10 TO 14 INCHES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.
A MAJOR CONCERN IS THE EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EAST TO NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTH
TONIGHT. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 35 MPH AT TIMES OVER SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN TONIGHT...AND IN THE RANGE OF 25 TO 30 MPH OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
THE SNOW IS VERY LIGHT AND DRY...AND WILL BLOW AROUND VERY EASILY.
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT.
ALL OF THIS IS THE RESULT OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW
WILL END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT THE WINDS WILL NOT DECREASE
UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WIZ051-052-059-060-065-066-071-072-100115-
/O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100210T1200Z/
FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...
PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...
KENOSHA
1104 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TODAY INTO THIS
EVENING...DIMINISHING BY LATE TONIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES BY LATE
TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.
* WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL SHIFT TO
NORTHEAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25
MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS
WILL SHIFT NORTH AND REMAIN GUSTY TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND A RELATIVELY DRY POWDERY
SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLUSTERY
NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...RESULTING IN CONTINUED TREACHEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO 1/4
MILE IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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