WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 332 PM 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM
THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM
WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THIS TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL OCCUR
ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR AT AROUND 7 PM...AND ALONG THE
HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR BY 11 PM. UNTIL THEN...LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN WILL CONTINUE.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE...
TO SPRINGFIELD...TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS.
* 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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