WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 407 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES ONLY THE SOUTH CENTRAL NEW
HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES OF HILLSBOROUGH AND CHESHIRE.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BETWEEN 4 AM AND 6 AM AND BECOME HEAVY
FOR A TIME DURING THE MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN DURING MIDDAY...THEN RAIN OR DRIZZLE LATE IN THE
DAY. POCKETS OF ICING MAY CONTINUE ON SOME NORTHEAST FACING
SLOPES THROUGH 4 OR 5 PM.
THE WORST OF THIS STORM IS DURING THE MORNING DAY LIGHT HOURS.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE 8 INCH
AMOUNTS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN PORTIONS OF
THESE COUNTIES.
A LIGHT COATING OF ICE IS EXPECTED MIDDAY.
BE PREPARED FOR VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE
INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL
TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR
UNTREATED SURFACES.
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