WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 522 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
* SNOW WILL GENERALLY TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER IT WILL
REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA.
* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE
FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO ONE FOOT. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT.
* TRAVEL WILL HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING WITH SNOW
AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW CAN ALSO BRING DOWN
TREES...AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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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