BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1201 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE
TIME THE SNOW ENDS THIS EVENING.
* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND
DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.
* FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN
WIND CHILL VALUES OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW BY MID AFTERNOON AND WIND
CHILLS VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT.
* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. THIS
STORM MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
TAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$
DTJ
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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