You think the streets are bad in Peoria?
At 308 PM… National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a shield of intense snowfall over much of southern Wisconsin. The lightest snow will remain northwest of a line from Lone Rock to Princeton.
Roads are impassable in Green County and the County has pulled plows off the roads. An official report of around 16 inches has been reported in Brodhead… and an unconfirmed report of 20 inches has also been reported in Brodhead.
Snow may be very heavy with rapid accumulations and visibilities less than one quarter mile through this afternoon. Thundersnow and 2 to 3 inch per hour snowfall rates are possible within the heaviest bursts of snow.
Expected snowfall totals by this evening will range from 6 to 8 inches in the Montello and Wisconsin Dells areas… but 14 to 18 inches southeast of a line from Darlington… to Madison… to Beaver Dam.
Several reports have already averaged between 12 and 16 inches…
especially in rock… green… Dane… northwest Jefferson… and southwest Dodge counties. Localized storm totals over 20 inches are likely.
In addition to the snow… strong north to northeast winds gusting up to 35 mph will produce blizzard conditions at times… resulting in prolonged whiteouts. Snow drifts of 3 to 5 feet are likely and may be higher in exposed areas that favor drifting with north to northeast winds.
Travel is expected to become impossible by this evening. Travel is strongly discouraged through late this evening. If you must travel… take a winter storm survival kit with you and tell somebody when and where you will be traveling.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
See, if I lived there, my boss would charge us a vacation day for not coming to work. That’s what he did after the storm on 12/1/06.
February 10th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Oh, and those streets didn’t bend my rim at 1 in the morning Friday night/Saturday morning, forcing me to lay on my back in the snow in a dark parking lot to change my tire. Peoria’s War Memorial Dr. did. Is there any way to get the city or IDOT to pay for my new wheel?
February 13th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
It took my husband four hours with white knuckles to get home from Chicago in the mess. I think we have all had with winter this year. Enough already!