BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 325 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE
SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY.
* NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
* FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE
WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...ROAD
CLOSURES AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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