WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 924 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. WARM AIR PULLED NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL
CREATE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...
IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...AT TIMES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME PARTS
OF THE WATCH AREA TO EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH THE BITING
NORTHWEST WINDS...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO
THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS IS A WINTER DANGEROUS STORM. MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS CLOSELY FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
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PHILIP
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