WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 543 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM
MST /6 AM CST/ SATURDAY.
* TIMING/DURATION...LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
NEAR 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE LOCALIZED
VISIBILITIES DOWN TO LESS THAN A MILE.
* OTHER IMPACTS...SLICK SPOTS WILL BE ENCOUNTERED WHERE SNOW IS
BLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 10 TO 15 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.
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