WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A FROZEN MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES WEST
AND IS TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW. EAST...RAIN CONTINUES.
PRECIPITATION INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH
HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS
WEST AND CENTRAL.
* LONG TERM TRENDS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME
SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES CENTRAL WITH SOME RAIN EXPECTED
EAST. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY. LOCALIZED TWENTY INCH AMOUNTS MAY
OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25 TO
35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINDS
COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES WEST OF A CARROLL THROUGH CRESTON LINE.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST
SECTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TO
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. 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.
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