WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1012 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11
AM MST WEDNESDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA: THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS FOR
THE SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS...THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT
MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST UTAH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED IN THE SANPETE VALLEY...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE
SEVIER VALLEY AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DESERTS. 5 TO 10 INCHES
OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
VALLEYS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR
FROM NEAR FILLMORE TO CEDAR CITY.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...DIMINISHING EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
DESERTS OVERNIGHT.
* WINDS: BREEZY NORTH WINDS ACROSS THE WEST DESERTS TONIGHT WILL
RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS. THIS
ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT
TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY ALONG I-15 IN MILLARD...BEAVER AND IRON
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS.
USE CAUTION. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.
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