WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 227 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE SNOW COULD TAPER OFF BRIEFLY FROM
TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY PERSIST INTO FRIDAY...HEAVY
AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...GRADUALLY INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL
LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW 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.
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