BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1216 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION OVERNIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM PRODUCED A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET... AND
FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING...AND HAS NOW CHANGED TO ALL SNOW.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM JUST A FEW INCHES WHERE MORE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FALLS...TO NEARLY 10 INCHES WHERE MORE
SNOW FALLS. A FEW CLAPS OF THUNDER ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...WHICH
MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. WINDS OF
THIS STRENGTH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN RURAL AND
OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. FALLING TREE LIMBS MAY ALSO
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH
STRONG WINDS...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...
SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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