...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS...AND WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. LESS INTENSE SNOW
WILL LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS
SNOW ARRIVES AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: TOTALS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF HEAVY SNOW BANDS WITH THUNDERSNOW
OCCUR. SNOWFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE.
* WIND: NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES AND VERY
STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND
POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY
DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AS IT MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO KEEP
UP WITH SNOW REMOVAL. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN MINOR
DAMAGE AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. STRONG WINDS GUSTING OVER 40
MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...RESULTING IN CONTINUED
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL PLUMMET TO
NEAR ZERO BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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