WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 938 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY...
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND
INTO EARLY THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH EXPECTED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING FOR THE
HOLIDAYS WILL DEFINITELY BE AFFECTED...AS WILL YARD DECORATIONS.
TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE LOOSE ITEMS..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO
30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS MAY
WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND
OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE
STRONG WINDS.
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DUNN
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 935 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM CST THURSDAY.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT AND
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON
THURSDAY. AREAS GENERALLY FROM EASTLAND TO MINERAL WELLS TO
SHERMAN WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS INTO
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE GROUND TEMPERATURES MAY BE AT OR ABOVE
FREEZING FOR MOST OF THE DAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...DESPITE THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED IF YOU MUST TRAVEL.
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