WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 346 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. WARM AIR PULLED NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...AND SNOW SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 45 MPH.
THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE...AT TIMES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME PARTS OF THE
WATCH AREA TO EXPERIENCE NEAR BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH THE BITING
NORTHWEST WINDS...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO
THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY
IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS IS A WINTER DANGEROUS STORM. MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS CLOSELY FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
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NICHOLS/08
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