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 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH SOME
GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE POWERFUL WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW...CREATING LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AT TIMES.
* TRAVEL AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
DETERIORATE DURING THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING...AS SNOW
CONTINUES TO FALL AND WINDS CONTINUE TO BLOW THE SNOW AROUND.
VERY DANGEROUS ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
INTO THIS EVENING. WISCONSON GOVERNOR JIM DOYLE HAS ORDERED THE
CLOSURE OF ALL STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES TODAY.
* 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 TEENS AND 20S 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. 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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