BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 113 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT...AS NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGE 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH
OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. THIS
WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY. THE LOW VISIBILITIES
IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN THOUGH
SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 17 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY MORNING...WITH VERY HIGH DRIFTING IN RURAL AREAS.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 25 TO 45 MPH
WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BIG
SIOUX RIVER VALLEY WHERE THE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. THE
WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF WOODBURY...NORTHWARD TO
EASTERN LYON COUNTY WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHTER...WHICH SHOULD
GIVE A BIT BETTER VISIBILITY. BUT IT WILL BE BAD NEAR THE BIG
SIOUX RIVER INCLUDING SIOUX CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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