WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 925 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO
6 INCHES IN GRAND MARAIS... TO 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE TWO
HARBORS... DULUTH AND CLOQUET AREAS.
* NORTHEAST TO NORTH WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL CREATE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES.
* TRAVEL AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
DANGEROUS ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY.
* THE STRONG WIND TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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.
$$
|
|
|
