WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 325 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WAS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING
AND WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE
TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW
IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN.
* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE
WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...
ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND IN OPEN COUNTRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.
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RABERDING
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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