WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 955 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM
CST/ FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM
CST/ FRIDAY.
* TIMING/DURATION...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO
TONIGHT WHILE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF
INCH ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE COLORADO AND KANSAS STATE LINE.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO A FOOT
IN THE MCCOOK...NORTON AND OBERLIN AREAS.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST
AT 15 TO 25 MPH. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND
INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES APPROACHING ONE QUARTER MILE AT
TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT
TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS ROADWAYS BECOME VERY
SLICK FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70.
ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND DRIFTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR
WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
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