WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 408 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WARNING AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ALONG THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING...FALLING HEAVY AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING....WITH THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS OCCURRING OVER THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...OR APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FARMVILLE TO BOWLING GREEN.
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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