WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 853 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM MST THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM MST THURSDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO CREATE
HAZARDOUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF EARLY THURSDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
BY EARLY THURSDAY.
* WINDS/VISIBILITIES...SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH INITIALLY
THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY TURN NORTH BY WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL
THEN BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY CREATING CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED IN
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND BY CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.
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