ICE STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 319 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
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...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...
AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING.
* TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE
FREEZING AND PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO RAIN THIS EVENING. TOTAL
ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.
* MAIN IMPACT...AREA ROADS...PARTICULARLY THOSE LEFT UNTREATED...
WILL BE EXTREMELY SLICK. SOME MAJOR HIGHWAYS THAT WILL BE
IMPACTED INCLUDE THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD...INTERSTATE 94 AND
ROUTE 6.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ICE WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON COLD OBJECTS SUCH
AS TREES AND POWER LINES. STRENGTHENING WINDS WILL BRING AN
INCREASED RISK OF POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS MAY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER
LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
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