WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 420 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN
MAY MIX IN AFTER MIDNIGHT NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO
10 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION...WITH 10 TO
16 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION.
NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...
REACHING SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY
LATER THIS EVENING. SIMILAR WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THIS
WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH VERY DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ALONG WITH HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP A
CLOSE WATCH ON THIS SYSTEM AS TRAVEL THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING WILL BE QUITE DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS AND IS NOT
RECOMMENDED. CHECK FOR DETAILS ON THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION
BY GOING TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL HAVE A HIGH IMPACT ON THE WARNING AREA. A
COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL
FREQUENTLY BE LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN FALLING SNOW WITH
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAUSING NEAR WHITEOUTS AT TIMES.
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KHW
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