WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1216 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION OVERNIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM PRODUCED A MIXTURE OF RAIN...
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE EVENING...AND WILL
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...PRODUCING
ENHANCES PRECIPITATION RATES.
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...WHICH WILL BE WORSE WHERE MORE SNOW FALLS.
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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