WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1040 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
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...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING/DURATION...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATION. THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD BECOME ALL RAIN OVERNIGHT AS MUCH WARMER AIR MOVES
NORTH.
* MAIN IMPACT...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ROADS TO BECOME
EXTREMELY SLIPPERY EARLY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR SEVERAL HOURS
BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. THIS INCLUDES THE
INTERSTATE TOLLWAY...HIGHWAY 6...INTERSTATE 94 AND INTERSTATE
69 OVER FAR NORTHERN INDIANA INTO LOWER MICHIGAN.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ICE WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON COLD OBJECTS SUCH
AS TREES AND POWER LINES. INCREASING WINDS MAY CAUSE AN
INCREASED RISK OF POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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ARNOTT
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