BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 446 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL MID-MORNING...THEN DIMINISH.
* 12 TO 16 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH...AND NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND MAKE THIS A DANGEROUS 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT TRAVEL.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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