WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 340 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE
NORTHLAND TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
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SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...DULUTH...
CLOQUET
340 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
* SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE TWIN PORTS AREA
AND THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES LATE
WEDNESDAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 6
INCHES IN GRAND MARAIS... TO 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE TWO HARBORS...
DULUTH AND CLOQUET AREAS.
* NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES.
* TRAVEL AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY
BY MID EVENING IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH ROADS BECOMING
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DANGEROUS ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
* THE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY BLOW DOWN SOME
TREE LIMBS...WHICH COULD AFFECT SOME POWER LINES AND AREA ROADS.
IN ADDITION...COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AS
THE STORM DEPARTS...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING INTO THE 20S
AND 30S BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. DELAY TRAVEL
IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW
EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY
BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO
ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE
AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU
BECOME STRANDED.
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