WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 312 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH
POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH SUNRISE. PERIODS
OF LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
* SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UPWARDS OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES
HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTS...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
THIS MORNING.
* TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THROUGH THIS MORNING...WITH
PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE MORNING HOURS. TRAVEL IS
NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING.
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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