WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 439 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /MIDNIGHT
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY.
* TIMING/DURATION...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO
TONIGHT WHILE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND A
TENTH OF INCH EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE NORTHEAST
AT 15 TO 25 MPH. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY TO 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY BELOW ONE
MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AFTER
TODAY. ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70...WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED
AND DRIFTED ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY
THURSDAY...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. TODAY IS THE
BEST DAY FOR TRAVEL THE REST OF THIS WEEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR
WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
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MENTZER
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