WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1225 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATION...THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR KIOWA COUNTY.
* CAUSE AND TIMING...AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD
SNOW INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO TUESDAY NIGHT...WHICH
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...THOUGH UNCERTAINTIES IN THE TRACK OF
THE STORM MAY RESULT IN MORE OR LESS SNOWFALL.
* WIND...GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACT...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...RESULTING IN THE POSSIBILITY FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.
WINTER STORMS MAY HAVE STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER
6 INCHES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OR OVER 8 INCHES IN
THE MOUNTAINS MAY OCCUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN THE
WATCH AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...LISTEN TO THE LATEST
WEATHER FORECAST AND CONSIDER TRAVELING AT ANOTHER TIME OR BY
ANOTHER ROUTE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL IN OR THROUGH THE WATCH AREA
DURING THE TIME OF THE WATCH...TAKE ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.
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