WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 200 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
BECOMING HEAVY THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 5 TO 9
INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST AS RAIN WILL MIX WITH
THE SNOW AT TIMES.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NORTHEAST
AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS 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...ESPECIALLY ON
WEDNESDAY.
* NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...PARTICULARLY BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND THROUGH THE
DAY WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM.
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. 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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DDV
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