WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1144 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THURSDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* RAIN MAY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING.
MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO ALL SNOW BY
MIDDAY TODAY.
* ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
MAY BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER THIS MORNING...AND
ESPECIALLY BY THIS AFTERNOON. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING
FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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