9:30 p.m. From the National Weather Service. Lake Effect Snow Advisory in effect tonight into Thursday from Sheboygan County south to Kenosha County. The Lake Effect Warning for Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha is cancelled. Lighter lake effect snow is now expected with another 2 to 4 inches. The heaviest snowfall rates should occur Thursday morning from Milwaukee north to Sheboygan and south of Milwaukee early in the afternoon.
…LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
THURSDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING…PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.
THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THURSDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…2 TO 6 INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND AN
ADDITIONAL 3 TO 4 INCHES WILL YIELD TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES.
* IMPACTS…THE SNOW WILL CREATE SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITY TO A 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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