WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1028 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN THEN ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THEN END CHRISTMAS DAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KIMBERLING
CITY...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO OSAGE BEACH.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT
TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS
DAY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 13...60
AND 65...AND INTERSTATE 44. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING.
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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT
ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED..
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