Issued by The National Weather Service Cincinnati/Wilmington, OH
Tue, Feb 4, 2014, 3:39 AM EST
… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY…
* HAZARD TYPES… HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
* ACCUMULATIONS… SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH IN SOUTHERN OHIO. A SLIGHT CHANGE IN STORM TRACK COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THESE ACCUMULATIONS OVER A SMALL AREA.
* TIMING… SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. DURING THE LATE EVENING… WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL CHANGE SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. A FINAL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING… BUT GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS… HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
* WINDS… NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER… A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW… SLEET… AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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