WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 440 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
* HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LAST INTO THE
MORNING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
* SNOW COULD BRIEFLY MIX WITH SLEET FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
* SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH DURING THE EVENING
INTO THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
* EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES BY DAYBREAK
THURSDAY.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST TO COMPLETE TRAVEL PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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