WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 724 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
CST SATURDAY...
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...TEMPERATURES AT TO ABOVE FREEZING ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING.
PRECIPITATION...THEREFORE...WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF
RAIN. ICY PATCHES ON ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS MAY STILL OCCUR AS
SOME OF THESE SURFACES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.
* 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.
* 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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