WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 350 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD
OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A FOOT
OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
* NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT 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 WHITEOUT
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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THOMPSON
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