WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 942 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WARM
AIR SURGING NORTHWARD WITH THIS SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD
OF SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL
OCCUR OVER THE WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND
INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING
MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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