WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 923 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
* NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH SOME
GUSTS TO 45 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE POWERFUL WINDS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW...CREATING LOCAL
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE TODAY.
* SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS
ACROSS THE HEAD OF THE LAKES AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE TODAY
AND THIS EVENING.
* THE STRONG WINDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING MAY BLOW DOWN SOME
TREE LIMBS...WHICH COULD 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 20S AND 30S BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE
COMBINATION OF STRONG WIND AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. DELAY TRAVEL
IF POSSIBLE. 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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