BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 501 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
* LOOK FOR HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE
SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN
BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS SEVERE DRIFTING.
* FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN
WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
WITH ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED.
COMBINED WITH THE SEVERE COLD...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 MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$
AJ
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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