WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 908 AM 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 LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING.
MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO ALL SNOW BY
MIDDAY TODAY.
* ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW
THIS AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 5 TO 9 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS MORNING...AND
ESPECIALLY BY THIS AFTERNOON. ATCHISON COUNTY MISSOURI LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL VEHICLES HAS SLID OFF OF SLICK
ROADS ALREADY THIS MORNING. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF SNOW AND SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY
SHOULD 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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