WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 728 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MID DAY TODAY...
.WHILE THE WINTER STORM IS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN...ANY TRAVEL
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE
MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE
AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
IN RURAL AREAS. 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
IOWA. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES
EXPECTED.
INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA
BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM
WYOMING TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER.
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OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TODAY...
ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL F 15
TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE
MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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