BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 118 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE
TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS 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 GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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RABERDING
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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