THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM - TopicsExpress



          

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM CDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...NORTHERN CARLTON AND SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES. PARTICULARLY THE AREAS BETWEEN CLOQUET AND DULUTH...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 35... PROCTOR... ESKO...CARLTON...ARNOLD... THE CITY OF DULUTH AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT LOCALES. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE HIGHWAY 61 CORRIDOR BETWEEN DULUTH AND TWO HARBORS. * TIMING...ROUGHLY 9 TO 10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED ROUGHLY FROM 4 AM THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATION...A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH. * WINDS...EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DAMAGED OR DOWNED BY THE COMBINATION OF THE WEIGHT OF ICE AND THE WINDS...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES...RAMPS... OVERPASSES AND SIDEWALKS MAY BE ICY AND HAZARDOUS...AND SOME ROADS MAY BE PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES OR POWER LINES LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:34:22 +0000

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