WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1147 AM 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.
* LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY
THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SLEET WILL SWITCH TO ALL SNOW LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH HEAVY SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 5 TO 7 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY
REACHING 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON
TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD EITHER LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR
MAKE ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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