WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM - TopicsExpress



          

WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...WITH THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END AS SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AMOUNTS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A HALF OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY THURDAY NIGHT, WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER WEST KENTUCKY...THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS AND THE MISSOURI BOOT HEEL REGION. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE GLAZE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THE GREATEST SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS WILL BE ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA. * MAIN IMPACTS...TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS MOST PREVALENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 03:44:56 +0000

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