WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 419 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING
UNTIL 12 NOON ON WEDNESDAY.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE WATCH AREA.
* SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...IT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS A CERTAINTY. THOSE
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING IN CASE THE STORM DOES MATERIALIZE.
IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANNED...YOU MAY WANT TO ADJUST YOUR TRAVEL TIME
TO AVOID THE STORM. ALSO...YOU SHOULD USE THIS ADVANCED NOTICE TO MAKE
CERTAIN YOUR VEHICLE IS WINTERIZED. MAKE PREPARATIONS AT HOME BY STOCKING
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES...SUCH AS FOOD...MEDICINE...AND EXTRA HEATING FUEL...
JUST IN CASE THE STORM MAKES TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS.
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TILLY
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