WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 401 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: PERIODIC SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY
AND COVERAGE EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH OR
CHANGE TO SLEET AND THEN RAIN THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW VERY LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOME ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED VERY LATE TONIGHT DURING WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING OF 4
TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN
TONIGHT. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO BACK TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON
PRECIPITATION TYPE...WHICH CAN VARY WITH JUST A 1 DEGREE CHANGE
IN TEMPERATURE. SHOULD TEMPERATURES WARM FASTER THIS EVENING
THEN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE DRAMATICALLY LESS.
* MISC HAZARDS: STRONG EASTERLY WINDS...POSSIBLY GUSTING OVER 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING SNOW. STRONG WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY...WHICH IF THE SNOWFALL LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
IS FLUFFY ENOUGH...COULD RESULT IN SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND NEAR GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH MOST ROADS BECOMING
SNOW COVERED TUESDAY EVENING. DRIFTING SNOW MAY BE A
PARTICULAR PROBLEM...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROUTES ON
WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS ISSUED WHEN 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST TO OCCUR. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP A FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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