WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 957 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY CHANGING TO MIXED
PRECIPITATION BY THURSDAY THEN BACK TO SNOW BY FRIDAY.
* SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY.
ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY.
* SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET WITH AMOUNTS OF
ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 INCH OR LESS IS POSSIBLE.
* EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LATE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON WEST WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH
CAUSING SOME ADDITIONAL DRIFTING.
* VISIBILITIES MAY BE ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF
HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND STRONG WINDS.
* SIGNIFICANT TO SEVERE TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS
STORM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
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. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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