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Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
533 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON ITS WAY...

.A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS EXPANDING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS
IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WILL BE A DANGEROUS AND HIGH IMPACT
WINTER STORM. IN FACT...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE
FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA
TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN LINE. ICING ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE
AREAS WILL LIKELY BE UP TO A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH. THIS
FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY ABOUT 9 AM
THIS MORNING.

SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM ABOUT 9 AM THROUGH AT LEAST
6 PM THIS EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEW HAMPTON IOWA...TO LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...
AND NEILLSVILLE WISCONSIN. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL
BE COMMON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM
5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND BLIZZARD WARNING
AREAS...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 12 TO 14 INCHES.

THIS SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BY
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. THESE WINDS
WILL OCCASIONALLY GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO LA CROSSE AND WISCONSIN RAPIDS
WISCONSIN. THIS WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS.
IN ADDITION... STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND
POWER LINES IN THE AREAS THAT PICK UP SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING.

ALTHOUGH LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND WEST OF A LINE FROM
CHARLES CITY IOWA...TO ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AND MONDOVI
WISCONSIN...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS MAY RESULT IN NEAR WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND THEREFORE DIFFICULT TRAVEL.

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LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...
LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
533 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT.

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS NORTHEAST IOWA EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT LOOKS TO BE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST
OF A NEW HAMPTON IOWA TO WISCONSIN RAPIDS WISCONSIN LINE. ICING
ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE UP TO A QUARTER TO A HALF OF
AN INCH. THIS FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
BY ABOUT 9 AM THIS MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO HEAVY SNOW BY ABOUT
9 AM. HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA FROM 9 AM THROUGH AT
LEAST 6 PM THIS EVENING. SNOW RATES UP TO AN INCH AND HOUR WILL
BE COMMON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM
5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCATIONS CERTAIN TO RECEIVE UPWARDS
OF 12 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...FOR THOSE THAT SEE
SIGNIFICANT ICING THIS MORNING...THE STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE
DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE...IN DOWNED POWER LINES...EXTENDED LOSS
OF POWER...AND DOWNED TREES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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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