WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 342 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
BETWEEN 7 PM AND 4 AM.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
RUSHVILLE...TO CANTON...TO LACON. PERIODS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SLEET
ACCUMULATION.
* WIND: EAST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING HEAVY SNOW
TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ON WEDNESDAY WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITY.
* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS
QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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SHIMON
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