WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 407 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
BY LATER THIS MORNING. SLEET WILL EVENTUALLY SWITCH TO ALL SNOW BY
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TODAY.
* MINOR ICE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVIER SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING
TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 4 TO 7 INCH
RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY
REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING
FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
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.
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