WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 332 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND
WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES
BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY...TURNING NORTHEAST AND
INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS TURN
NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN
BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS:TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY
EVENING...AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY.
* WHILE IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WATCH WILL PROBABLY BE
UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD
WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.
IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM.
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.
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MBK/PC
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