WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 923 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.
* NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH SOME
GUSTS TO 45 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE POWERFUL WIND WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW...CREATING LOCAL
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
* TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN WILL BE DANGEROUS IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ASHLAND COUNTY HAS CLOSED A
SECTION OF HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN SANBORN AVENUE AND STATE HIGHWAY 13
DUE TO IMPASSABLE CONDITIONS. OFFICIALS IN ASHLAND COUNTY ARE
REQUESTING THAT PEOPLE USE THE DESIGNATED STATE HIGHWAY 137
DETOUR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. WISCONSON GOVERNOR JIM DOYLE HAS
ORDERED THE CLOSURE OF ALL STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES TODAY. WITH
THE INTENSE WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW...TRAVEL MAY BE LIFE-THREATENING
ACROSS THE SOUTH SHORE TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
* 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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