WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 655 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND
POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. A BRIEF MIX WITH SLEET OR
FREEZING MAY MAY OCCUR TONIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35
CORRIDOR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY
MORNING...INCLUDING LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...ARE
HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...AND LIKELY TO
BE WITHIN THE 16 TO 22 INCH RANGE IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE
TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN
RURAL AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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