WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 955 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW LATE
TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
* MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. AFTER
CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH
RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS
WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AS WELL AS
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PERSONS
PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR
CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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NRR
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