WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1147 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* LIGHT RAIN HAS BEGUN TO CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET ALONG AND WEST OF A WESTERN KANSAS CITY TO MARYVILLE MISSOURI
LINE. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION THIS
AFTERNOON. SLEET WILL EVENTUALLY SWITCH TO ALL SNOW BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* MINOR ICING IS POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVIER SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER
CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TOTAL SLEET
AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN
THE 4 TO 7 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY
REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD
CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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