WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 546 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER
HOUR...WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. REPORTS FROM THE
WARNED AREA INDICATES 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN
ACROSS THIS AREA.
* AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL
BE IN THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON... WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND
OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL HAS BECOME DANGEROUS...AND WILL CONTINUE AS SUCH THROUGH THE
END OF THE DAY TODAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS
NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING.
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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