BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1156 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 3 TO 5
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT.
* WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON
WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL LAST INTO
THURSDAY AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
* VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES
THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT.
* EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR
NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S.
HIGHWAY 131.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
* A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE
FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL
BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE
VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO
PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.
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