BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 705 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 WAS BECOMING HEAVY OVER FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING. THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT. 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 AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...
INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING
AND 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 DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS
EVENING AND 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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