URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLARKSON SA 1235 AM CDT SUN SEPT 1 2013 ***SECOND MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON COULD BE CATASTROPHIC*** ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WEST ALGERIA AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH ALGERIA FROM 9 PM CDT MONDAY UNTIL 11 PM CDT THURSDAY.... 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 1235 AM CDT SUN SEPT 1 2013 ....WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CDT MONDAY UNTIL 11 PM CDT THURSDAY.... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLARKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CDT MONDAY UNTIL 11 PM CDT THURSDAY.... * 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 THAT FORMED EARLIER THAN FORECASTED IS EXPECTED TO BRING DEADLY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING....A STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE WESTERN GULF THAT FORMED EARLIER THAN FORECASTED AS WELL WILL LIKELY COLLIDE WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WITH COLD AIR MOVING IN SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE MONDAY EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING SOME AREAS MAY HAVE ALMOST A FOOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. ALSO TUESDAY 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 AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT SEVERE WINTER 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 05:38:27 +0000
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