WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 420 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH SLOWLY
DIMINISHING SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM...ESPECIALLY TODAY
AND TONIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 13 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY AVERAGING
20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE
WINDS IN THIS AREA WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WHICH
SHOULD IMPROVE THE VISIBILITY CONCERNS...BUT THE AMOUNT OF SNOW
WILL STILL PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE
AT TIMES. 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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