WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 409 PM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.
A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...THE FLORIDA PARISHES...AND THE BATON ROUGE
METRO AREA LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW IS
EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT
BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3
INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS REGION. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HIGHER
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR.
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.
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS,
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELLING. PRACTICE YOUR
WINTER SAFETY RULES, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
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