BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT…

* TIMING… BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SNOW… STRONG WINDS… AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

* SNOWFALL… SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE… ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING.

* WIND… NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* VISIBILITY… THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

* TEMPERATURE/WIND CHILL… TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS MAY BE AS LOW AS ZERO TOWARD EVENING.

* IMPACTS… TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS… IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS… POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW… STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS… MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY… TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF YOU GET STRANDED… STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.