BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 405 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS
EVENING. ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH
TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY AND CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
* VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY.
* EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE TONIGHT AS SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY
ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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