It ain't over 'til the fat snowstorm sings!

Issued by The National Weather Service
Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI

Mon, Mar 4, 2013, 4:19 AMCST

... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING... LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING BUT BECOME HEAVIER LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS... NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS... PLAN ON HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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More Information

... HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...

.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO SOUTHEAST WI AROUND THE TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. THE MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION... BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.