...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING BEFORE
SNOW INTENSITY INCREASES FROM MID EVENING THROUGH ABOUT
MIDNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE
EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO PERHAPS 2
INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1
TO POSSIBLY 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* WIND: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING
WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.
* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY BELOW 1 MILE MAKING TRAVEL
TREACHEROUS. 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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