WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 744 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
* LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD LATER TONIGHT. 1
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE WITH HEAVY SNOW
EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON TUESDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD
TAPER OFF WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED. SNOW AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 12 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM YORK NEBRASKA TO SMITH CENTER AND OSBORNE KANSAS.
* NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
GUST NEAR 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS
OF 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. NEAR WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM.
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE
OF AN EMERGENCY.
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WESELY
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