BLIZZARD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 342 PM MST WED DEC 23 2009
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND VISIBILITIES
OF A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL MAY BE VERY
DIFFICULT DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. DRIFTS OF A COUPLE
OF FEET ARE POSSIBLE.
* TIMING: MAINLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* OTHER IMPACTS: SNOWFALL OF SEVERAL INCHES BEGINNING TO FALL
WEDNESDAY MORNING COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
WIND CHILLS WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD REACH 20 BELOW ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
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