WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 624 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO
TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY
SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...
WITH SCATTERED TOTALS FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES PROBABLE.
* MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND
POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE
TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE
CONDITIONS. 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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