WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 347 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: THE STORM SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. THE FIRST WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.
THIS WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY LATE MORNING AS SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WARM. ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...BUT THIS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF
RAIN. THE LAST ROUND IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY
BE RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
THROUGH FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS: MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN.
* WINDS: THE WINDS WILL BE INCREASING LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEW SNOW
IS POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AS PRECIPITATION SLOWLY CHANGES OVER TO SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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BOUSTEAD/DEE
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