WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 915 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /MIDNIGHT
CST/ TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY.
* PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION LATE
TUESDAY EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
BENKELMAN NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION
CHANGES TO SNOW OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE
AFOREMENTIONED AREA LATE TUESDAY...ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ONCE THE
SNOW BEGINS...LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 CAN
EXPECT TO RECEIVE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. BY LATE WEDNESDAY...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF
THE DAY THURSDAY AS VISIBILITIES DROP TO NEAR ONE-QUARTER MILE
AT TIMES. AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY
OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION BY LATE WEDNESDAY.
* IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL THIS HOLIDAY WEEK...YOU SHOULD TRAVEL
TUESDAY. WEATHER WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES...BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY AND CONTINUING
THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL
BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE.
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