WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 528 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT.
WARMER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION THIS MORNING...CHANGING THE
PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN...BUT WITH SOME SNOW ALREADY ON THE
GROUND AND TRAVEL COULD STILL BE DIFFICULT THIS MORNING. AS COLDER
AIR MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL TURN BACK TO ALL SNOW WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4
INCHES POSSIBLE ON WHAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM HEADS NORTHEAST
INTO THE NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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