WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 426 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW MORNING.
* MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW
MORNING. AFTER CHANGING TO SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING...TOTAL SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH
RANGE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS POSSIBLY REACHING 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW POSSIBLE AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PERSONS PLANNING ON
TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOULD LEAVE EARLY TODAY...OR
CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATIVE PLANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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DEROCHE
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