WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 959 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND LIGHT DRIZZLE OR RAIN
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. POOR VISIBILITY COUPLED
WITH POTENTIAL SLICK SPOTS WHERE PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR
FREEZING MAY RESULT IN OCCASIONAL SLIPPERY AND SLOW TRAVEL.
* LONG TERM TRENDS...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION
BACK TO A WINTRY MIX LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY...
THEN EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT
PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EIGHT TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW
IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25
TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINDS
COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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