WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 234 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH 20 TO
30 MPH WIND.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN
INCH ARE EXPECTED.
* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH MPH WILL MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE WITH WIDESPREAD
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL RATES WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY
SIGNIFICANTLY...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL
CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE MINUS
10 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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