WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1217 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
PRECIPITATION WITH AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE SNOW AND SLEET
TODAY...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT...AND WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES. SNOWFALL
TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH
ADDITIONAL SNOW ESPECIALLY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A
TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING THE FREEZING RAIN.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
LEADING TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND
POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS... POWER
OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STORM.|
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...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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