WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING
OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY
CHRISTMAS MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG
AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 75.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE
EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS THEY INCREASE TO
SPEEDS OF AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY
CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY MAKING
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.
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