WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 650 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS: ANY REMAINING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES...AND END THIS MORNING. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* TIMING: WITH THE LIGHT SNOW ENDS THIS MORNING...FULL ATTENTION
WILL SHIFT TO THE NEXT...MORE SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS...WINTER STORM. SNOW FROM THIS APPROACHING WINTER
STORM WILL AFFECT OUR REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THE WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER A FOOT WILL BE POSSIBLE
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...
WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...ARE LIKELY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITIES LATE TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MAY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...
ESPECIALLY ON LESS TREATED ROADS AND WALKING SURFACES. THE
APPROACHING WINTER STORM WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF COMBINING
HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL AND MAY RESULT IN ROAD
CLOSURES. AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...IN THIS CASE HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS...THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
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