WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 859 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW
FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF ALL RAIN ARE
EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY...1 TO 3 INCHES.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO HALF AN INCH
ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY INLAND...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...BRISK EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH
MUCH OF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS IS
EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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