BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 940 AM 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 TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST
TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME
THE SNOW ENDS THIS EVENING.
* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
HOURS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY.
* FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN
WIND CHILL VALUES OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW BY MID AFTERNOON. WIND
CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT.
* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE.
COMBINED WITH THE FALLING WIND CHILLS...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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