WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 333 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW
CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. AT THIS TIME...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 20...WHILE 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE NEAR A LINE FROM SPENCER IOWA TO YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA. IN
ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASES TO 25 TO
35 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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