WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 327 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
THE INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION PRODUCING
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. WINDS OF
THIS STRENGTH WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...IF NOT LOCALLY
IMPOSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. FALLING TREE LIMBS MAY
ALSO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO FALL ACROSS THE REGION WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH
OR TWO OF NEW SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS 6 TO 8 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
FALLING AT INTENSE RATES OF 1-2 INCHES PER HOUR...COMBINED WITH
STRONG WINDS...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...
SO ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
NICHOLS/08
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