WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 858 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL OCCUR
OVERNIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE INCH
POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 AM SATURDAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TEN TO NEARLY 16 INCHES OF
SNOW BY SATURDAY.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE
FALLING SNOW MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE TREACHEROUS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW OR ROADS
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL AND
DRIFTED SNOW THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TO
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.
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