WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
PRECIPITATION. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING BEFORE MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION BEGINS BY LATE
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. SNOW IS THE MOST LIKELY PRECIPITATION
TYPE TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALBION TO WAYNE WITH A MIX
TO THE SOUTH OF THAT. PRECIPITATION WILL TEND TO TAPER OFF THIS
EVENING..BUT ANOTHER ROUND WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SECOND ROUND WILL THEN TAPER OFF THURSDAY
MORNING WITH A BREAK EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION UNTIL
LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT...AND WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES. SNOWFALL
TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH
ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE LINE FROM
ALBION TO WAYNE WITH THE MIXED PRECIPITATION.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
FROM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...POWER
OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE 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.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
PRECIPITATION. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING BEFORE MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION BEGINS BY LATE
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. SNOW IS THE MOST LIKELY PRECIPITATION
TYPE TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALBION TO WAYNE WITH A MIX
TO THE SOUTH OF THAT. PRECIPITATION WILL TEND TO TAPER OFF THIS
EVENING..BUT ANOTHER ROUND WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SECOND ROUND WILL THEN TAPER OFF THURSDAY
MORNING WITH A BREAK EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION UNTIL
LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT...AND WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES. SNOWFALL
TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH
ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE LINE FROM
ALBION TO WAYNE WITH THE MIXED PRECIPITATION.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
FROM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...POWER
OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE 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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