WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 914 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY...AND ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY 6PM TUESDAY. THE SNOW WILL
BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL
TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR
SOUTHEAST. LESSER AMOUNTS WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST IF
THE STORM TRACKS A BIT FARTHER NORTH RESULTING IN A RAIN SNOW
MIX AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY...TURNING NORTHEAST AND
INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS TURN
NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY
DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY
EVENING...AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* WHILE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...THERE
IS A POTENTIAL FOR A PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE
UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE
THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM.
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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HENTZ
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