BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 406 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
* TIMING: MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON... BECOMING HEAVY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS EVENING
AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS
WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND COMBINE WITH FALLING AND BLOWING
SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...INCREASING
TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND TURNING
NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 15 TO 20 MPH
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS
EVENING AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
* CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS
MAJOR WINTER STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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