BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1123 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BE HEAVY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP
THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* WINDS: EAST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TURNING
NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY
EVENING AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
* CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS
MAJOR WINTER STORM.
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.
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