WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 404 PM MST SUN DEC 06 2009
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM
MST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASATCH
MOUNTAINS...WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND WASATCH PLATEAU.
BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN MONDAY...CAUSING
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS. USE
CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN VISIBILITY DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.
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