WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 259 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING...AND
INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS ARE EXPECTED
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 7 PM
TUESDAY AND 4 AM WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY WEST
OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER. PERIODS OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
TUESDAY EVENING.
* WIND: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND
INTENSIFIES. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR
45 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AS ROADS
QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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