Winter Storm Warning

...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.

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.