Breaking Weather Now: Blizzard Warning
Green Bay- A Blizzard Warning or Winter Storm Warning have been issued by the National Weather Service for most of Northeast Wisconsin. A major winter storm has moved into NE Wisconsin. Significant snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches along with high winds will cause dangerous travel conditions.
More than an foot of snow can be expected for much of the area, with locally higher amounts on the southern end of the Fox Valley. Lighter amounts are expected right along the lakeshore and Northwest. Stay updated with NBC26 and right here on nbc26.com.
Read the Warning information from the National Weather Service.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
428 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WISCONSIN TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
.A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN MISSOURI WILL PUSH ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES REGION DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS. THE STORM WILL BRING HEAVY
SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS GENERATED BY THE STORM
WILL LINGER WELL INTO FRIDAY.
WIZ038-039-045-048-049-201830-
/O.CON.KGRB.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121221T0600Z/
OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...WAUTOMA...
OSHKOSH...CHILTON
428 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE PERIOD.
* WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES.
* A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND LOW
VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE
TO TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN SOME POWER OUTAGES.
PERSONS WITH HEART PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO SHOVEL THE
DENSE...MOISTURE-LADEN SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR
VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS SHOULD INCLUDE A FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...
AND WATER. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED...REMAIN WITH YOUR VEHICLE. THE
LATEST WISCONSIN ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 511.
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