WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT.
THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT
TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN LIKELY AS THE
STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS
BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY RANGE
FROM 10 TO 16 INCHES.
* ICING...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IF AND WHEN THE SNOW
TRANSITIONS TO FREEZING RAIN...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH CHRISTMAS.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT
CONTINUES DUE TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING
SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS.
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... AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE
CONDITIONS. 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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