Interactive NWS Alert Information

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
348 PM EST WED DEC 19 2012

...COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT THE AREA...

.IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COLD FRONT WILL
BRING A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES FROM THE UPPER 40S TO THE MID
20S THURSDAY EVENING...WHICH MAY CAUSE WET ROAD SURFACES TO
BECOME SLIPPERY. LATER THURSDAY EVENING AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW AND
SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA WITH ACCUMULATIONS
THURSDAY NIGHT AROUND AN INCH. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS
WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY WITH ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE. ALL THE
WHILE...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE...AND THE COMBINATION OF THE
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW...TEMPERATURES BELOW
FREEZING...WARM PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES...AND STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

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WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-
LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-
LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...XENIA
348 PM EST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS...AS
  WELL AS A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURE BELOW FREEZING WITH WET
  ROADS ON THURSDAY EVENING. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND TREE
  DAMAGE FROM STRONG WIND GUSTS ALSO POSSIBLE.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING QUICKLY FROM THE 40S INTO THE 20S
  THURSDAY NIGHT...REMAINING AT OR BELOW FREEZING WITH STRONG
  WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS
OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.

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