WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 404 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...WITH LIGHT SNOW
CONTINUING TONIGHT. HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING DOWN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
* WINDS: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS.
* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
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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