BLIZZARD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 844 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...AND THEN A
MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE
AREA BY DAWN WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND LINGER
THROUGH MIDDAY CHRISTMAS DAY.
* ICING WILL BE MOST LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GENEVA
NEBRASKA...TO FRANKLIN...TO STOCKTON KANSAS. UP TO ONE QUARTER
INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THAT AREA.
* SNOW WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL ADD UP TO 5 TO 10
INCHES...BUT WILL BE IMPACTED BY HOW MUCH ICE ACCUMULATES
PRIOR TO THE SNOW.
* BY DAWN THURSDAY...VERY STRONG NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO
45 MPH WILL OVERTAKE THE REGION. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT...WITH NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY.
* IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FAR REACHING...AND LAST
THROUGH AT LEAST CHRISTMAS DAY. INITIALLY...TREE AND POWER
LINE DAMAGE MAY RESULT FROM ICE ACCUMULATION. POWER OUTAGES
ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY AS THE WIND INCREASES BY THURSDAY
MORNING. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TO
IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS UNLIKELY ROAD CREWS WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP
WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ONCE THE STRONGEST WINDS
KICK IN. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY...CHANGE YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS NOW TO HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY.
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.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
$$
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 844 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...AND THEN A
MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE
AREA BY DAWN WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND LINGER
THROUGH MIDDAY CHRISTMAS DAY.
* ICING WILL BE MOST LIKELY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GENEVA
NEBRASKA...TO FRANKLIN...TO STOCKTON KANSAS. UP TO ONE QUARTER
INCH OF ICE IS LIKELY BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THAT AREA.
* SNOW WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL ADD UP TO 5 TO 10
INCHES...BUT WILL BE IMPACTED BY HOW MUCH ICE ACCUMULATES
PRIOR TO THE SNOW.
* BY DAWN THURSDAY...VERY STRONG NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO
45 MPH WILL OVERTAKE THE REGION. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT...WITH NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY.
* IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FAR REACHING...AND LAST
THROUGH AT LEAST CHRISTMAS DAY. INITIALLY...TREE AND POWER
LINE DAMAGE MAY RESULT FROM ICE ACCUMULATION. POWER OUTAGES
ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY AS THE WIND INCREASES BY THURSDAY
MORNING. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TO
IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS UNLIKELY ROAD CREWS WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP
WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ONCE THE STRONGEST WINDS
KICK IN. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY...CHANGE YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS NOW TO HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY.
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.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
$$
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