WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 959 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...RAIN THURSDAY MORNING WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO SNOW IN
THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY
THURSDAY AFFECTING ALL AREAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AT TIMES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY. DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS IS LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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