WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1152 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD
OVERNIGHT. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE WITH
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON TUESDAY. THE
SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF WEST TO EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED.
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.
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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EWALD
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