WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 409 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL HAVE
BEGUN ACROSS THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...AND THIS SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD EASTWARD OVER THE
REMAINDER OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY
MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...THE EXTREME SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS.
* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG NORTH WINDS THURSDAY MORNING MAY CAUSE
BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND THE
NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS BEFORE THE SNOWFALL ENDS BY MIDDAY ON
THURSDAY. ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNED AREA...SNOWFALL ALREADY ON THE
GROUND MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN
REDUCED VISIBILITY AND HIGHER SNOW DRIFTS.
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. KEEP YOUR GAS TANK FILLED DURING YOUR JOURNEY TO
PROVIDE A SOURCE OF HEAT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU BECOME STRANDED.
PERSONS WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR POTENTIALLY ADVERSE
ROAD CONDITIONS.
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