WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 816 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING... SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT
WARM AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A
PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
TOTALS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING A FOOT IN A FEW SPOTS. NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
BECOMING MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE
CONDITIONS. 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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