WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1144 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* RAIN MAY CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT.
* MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE RAPID CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. AFTER CHANGING TO
SNOW BY TONIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY...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 AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY
SHOULD EITHER LEAVE TODAY...OR MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
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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NRR
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