WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 959 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY.
* TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE
EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS
OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...THE EXTREME
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS.
* OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG NORTH WINDS THURSDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THIS MAY
RESULT IN DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. KEEP
YOUR GAS TANK FILLED DURING YOUR JOURNEY TO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF
HEAT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU BECOME STRANDED.
PERSONS WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR POTENTIALLY ADVERSE
ROAD CONDITIONS.
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