.NOW...

THROUGH 1000 PM...EXPECT...

HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH RATES UP TO ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...
NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 TO 55 MPH...
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES...
THUNDERSNOW POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS...
SNOW DRIFTS TO THREE FEET OR MORE...
TRAVEL BECOMING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE...
WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FALLING TO ZERO OR BELOW.

SOME SLEET HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM A FORD TO BENTON COUNTY LINE
THIS EVENING...BUT AS THE EVENING WEARS ON...MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW.

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO RIDE OUT THIS STORM FROM THE COMFORT
OF YOUR HOME...AS VENTURING OUTSIDE IS BECOMING OUTRIGHT
DANGEROUS. ALL BUT EMERGENCY OR ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD
BE POSTPONED.