WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 351 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 HASTINGS 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WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AND END LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
SNOW AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 12 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM YORK
NEBRASKA TO SMITH CENTER AND OSBORNE KANSAS.
* NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
GUST NEAR 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS
OF 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT
RECOMMENDED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING 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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