...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...AND LIKELY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...LINGERING INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT TOTALS OF 2 TO 6
INCHES ARE LIKELY.
* WIND: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH GUSTS UP
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS
WILL RESULT IN GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POSSIBLY NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE ROADS TO
BECOME SNOW COVERED AND TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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