...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 8 PM EST TUESDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING OF 10 TO 14 INCHES.
* GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WHICH COULD PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRASTICALLY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS BETWEEN 7 BELOW AND 17 BELOW ZERO. DEADLY WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 45 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME PARTIALLY OR FULLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH THESE EXPECTED WIND CHILLS. DEATH WILL ALSO OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.