WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING TODAY. DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL
TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN MAY OCCUR. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY LATE MORNING WITH JUST RAIN
IN THE AFTERNOON. THE LAST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION FROM THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD START WITH A MIX WITH SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM...MAINLY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE TODAY BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND STRONG WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEW SNOW.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS. THE MAIN TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL OCCUR FROM THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING TODAY. DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL
TEMPERATURES...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN MAY OCCUR. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY LATE MORNING WITH JUST RAIN
IN THE AFTERNOON. THE LAST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION FROM THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD START WITH A MIX WITH SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM...MAINLY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE TODAY BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND STRONG WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEW SNOW.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS. THE MAIN TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL OCCUR FROM THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
$$
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