BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 215 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
* SNOWFALL FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE BY SUNSET. SNOW WILL
THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY FOR THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...
WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES BY THE TIME THE
SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY.
* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN
BLOWING SNOW...AND SEVERE DRIFTING.
* FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE
WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 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 MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$
MW
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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