WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 430 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /MIDNIGHT
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY.
* TIMING/DURATION...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO
TONIGHT WHILE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE
ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF
INCH ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE COLORADO AND KANSAS STATE LINE.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO A FOOT IN
THE MCCOOK...NORTON AND OBERLIN AREAS.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST
AT 15 TO 25 MPH. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND
INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES APPROACHING ONE QUARTER MILE AT
TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70...WILL
BECOME SNOW PACKED AND DRIFTED ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR
WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
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