WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 734 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
NOON TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ALONG
THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE GOGEBIC
RANGE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE
NEXT ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AFFECTING ASHLAND AND HURLEY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS
EVENING OVER THE GOGEBIC RANGE...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 77
CORRIDOR FROM MELLEN TO HURLEY. IT WILL ALSO IMPACT AREAS OF
HIGHWAY 2. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WITH THE SECOND STORM ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCAL
AMOUNTS UP TO 16 INCHES...FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
* NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT COULD CREATE
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
* ROAD CONDITIONS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY. TRAVEL AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DUE TO
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. DANGEROUS ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
* STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS THAT MAY 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 TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
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. 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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