WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 347 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: SEVERAL WAVES OF PRECIPITATION ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM SYSTEM. THE FIRST STARTING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO BRING A MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN BECOMING ALL
FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE POSSIBLY MIXING WITH RAIN DURING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO NEAR OR ABOVE
FREEZING. ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY
EVENING AND NIGHT WITH A MIX BAG AGAIN LIKELY. THE FINAL ROUND
OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE IN ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY AND WILL LIKELY BE MOSTLY SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES
OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM THURSDAY INTO CHRISTMAS.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS: THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG WINDS
SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY LEADING TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF NEW SNOW.
* IMPACTS: THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS TO TRAVEL FROM WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. ALONG WITH
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG
WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND
SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE FROM THE STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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