URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLARKSON SA 1020 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013 ***SECOND MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON COULD BE CATASTROPHIC*** ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WEST ALGERIA AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH ALGERIA FROM 9 PM CDT TUESDAY UNTIL 11 PM CDT FRIDAY.... SAZ035>037-080100-/O.EXB.KNVR.WW.Y. 0015.000000T0000Z-111208T0100Z/ALGERIA-CARROLL-CHERRY-CHEYENNE-KALAB-MICHIGAN-PENNSYLVANIA-PRINCETON-RUTHERFORD-UNIFORN...APPALACHIAN-ASBONEWAT-BEAUFORT-CLAY-FAYETTE-HART-JEIAN-KIMBALL-KINGSTON-NICHOLAS-NORFOLK-PETITAT-PIKE-SMITH-TAYLOR-WYTE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAPLETON-CARROLL-CHERRY MTN-COVINGTON-RUSSELLVILLE-MICHIGAN CITY-GRAFTON-PRINCETON-MONROEVILLE-UNIFORN... CLARKSON-SMITHVILLE-WINNIFRED CITY-LAFAYETTE-KIMBALLTON-BEAUFORT-PIKETON-NORFOLK-CARTERFIELD-APPALACIA-JEIAN CITY-PETITAT CITY-LASALLE-ISAACSBURG 1020 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013 ....WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CDT TUESDAY UNTIL 11 PM CDT FRIDAY.... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLARKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CDT TUESDAY UNTIL 11 PM CDT FRIDAY.... * HAZARD TYPES... HEAVY WET SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A FOOT TO POSSIBLY 4 FEET IN SOME AREAS. BUT A FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN MOST AREAS... TIMING...A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING DEADLY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA TUESDAY....A STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE WESTERN GULF WILL LIKELY COLLIDE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WITH COLD AIR MOVING IN SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE TUESDAY EVENING. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING SOME AREAS MAY HAVE ALMOST A FOOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. ALSO WEDNESDAY STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP ACROSS THE REGION....IF WINDS MEET BLIZZARD CRITERIA A BLIZZARD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES... IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES AS WELL AS DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.....STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY WET SNOW BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTERR WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN 48 HOURS OR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CATASTROPHIC IN 3 TO 4 DAYS AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE SEVERE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING..... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU IF DRIVING..... PLEASE REPORT SNOW TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE.""
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 03:21:44 +0000
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