PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 1 OF 9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

...GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WINTER WEATHER...

...WISCONSIN WINTER AWARENESS WEEK IS NOVEMBER 7-11...

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WINTER IS HERE. ENJOY THE WINTER WEATHER...BUT USE COMMON SENSE.

...WINTER DAMAGE...
DID YOU KNOW THAT WINTER STORMS CAUSE MORE TOTAL DAMAGE IN THE STATE
THAN ANY OTHER FORM OF SEVERE WEATHER?  DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND OTHER
STRUCTURES IS COMMON.

...WINTER DEATHS AND INJURIES...
DID YOU KNOW THAT WINTER STORMS AND COLD TEMPERATURES KILL AND INJURE
MORE PEOPLE ACROSS WISCONSIN THAN OTHER WEATHER HAZARDS SUCH AS
TORNADOES...FLASH FLOODS...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS..OR
LIGHTNING?

WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS IN WISCONSIN RESULT IN THOUSANDS OF MOTOR
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS EACH YEAR.  SADLY...MANY OF THESE ACCIDENTS CAN BE
AVOIDED IF TRAVELERS WOULD USE COMMON SENSE...SLOW DOWN...AND PUT
THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON.

-ON AVERAGE...ABOUT 17,000 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS OCCUR EACH WINTER
SEASON IN WISCONSIN WHEN ROAD SURFACES ARE SNOW...ICE...OR
SLUSH COVERED...RESULTING IN ABOUT 78 DEATHS AND 7000
INJURIES.

-TYPICALLY...THE GREATEST NUMBER OF WEATHER-RELATED VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS OCCURS DURING THE FIRST SEASONAL SNOW EVENT...EVEN
IF ONLY ONE-FORTH OR ONE-HALF INCH FALLS.  IT TAKES A COUPLE
SNOW/ICE EVENTS FOR DRIVERS TO ADJUST TO RECOMMENDED SLOWER
TRAVEL SPEEDS.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COOPERATION WITH THE WISCONSIN
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARE CO-SPONSORING A WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS
WEEK TO HELP YOU PREPARE FOR THE 2004-2005 WINTER SEASON.  ALL THIS
WEEK...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING
WEATHER INFORMATION AND SAFETY TIPS VIA PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS ON THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE... AND ON THE NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...

ON MONDAY...... 1/  AN INTRODUCTION TO WINTER AWARENESS WEEK
         ...... 2/  THE NEW WIND CHILL INDEX

ON TUESDAY..... 3/  WINTER WEATHER TERMINOLOGY
          ..... 4/  EXTRA PSA/S FOR MEDIA TAPING/READING

ON WEDNESDAY... 5/  THE METEOROLOGY OF WINTER WEATHER IN WISCONSIN
            ... 6/  EXTRA PSA/S FOR MEDIA TAPING/READING

ON THURSDAY.... 7/  THE IMPACT WINTER WEATHER HAS ON US
           .... 8/  ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO

ON FRIDAY...... 9/  PREPARATION IN HOMES...AT WORK...ON THE FARM
                    ...AT SCHOOL...OUTDOORS...AND WHEN TRAVELING.