WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1001 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...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...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THURSDAY EVENING...AND CHANGE TO RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.
* MAIN IMPACT...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ROADS TO BECOME
EXTREMELY SLIPPERY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. THIS INCLUDES THE INDIANA TOLL
ROAD 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. STRENGTHENING 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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