WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 335 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST
SUNDAY...
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING UP THE COAST WILL RESULT IN A PERIOD
OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
AS HIGH AS 18 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4
INCHES PER HOUR...ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING...ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM FROM LATE THIS EVENING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH ALONG
WITH THE HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A QUARTER
MILE AT TIMES...AND CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
SIGNIFICANT VARIATION IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA BASED ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS OF SNOW DEVELOP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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