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Winter Storm Warning
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EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-SALINE-GALLATIN-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-PULASKI-
MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-
HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-
CRITTENDEN-LYON-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-HENDERSON-
DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...CARMI...
HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MARION...EDDYVILLE...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...
MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...CHARLESTON...
NEW MADRID
358 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA EARLY THIS 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...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR A TENTH
OF AN INCH OVER MUCH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO A HALF INCH OR MORE
OVER MUCH OF WEST KENTUCKY AND THE BOOT HEEL REGION OF SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4-8
INCHES OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO JUST AN INCH OR 2 OVER
MUCH OF WEST KENTUCKY.

* MAIN IMPACTS...THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM. TREACHEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...AND THEY WILL BE DETERIORATING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING.
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER
WEST KENTUCKY.

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.

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