WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1207 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE SOUTHWEST...SOUTH
CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.
* TIMING: LIGHT RAIN LATE TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT
SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW
WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COMBINED WITH
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO
BE REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. AS A RESULT...
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE AREA
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* OTHER IMPACTS: THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO
FALL TO AROUND ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVEN AFTER THE SNOW ENDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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