WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 152 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING GRAND RAPIDS...THE IRON RANGE...
INTERNATIONAL FALLS...ELY...GRAND MARAIS AND ISABELLA THIS
MORNING. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES APPEAR
LIKELY... WITH SOME AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH FOR AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE SUPERIOR. THE
WINDS AND FALLING SNOW MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND VISIBILITY LIMITED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
* ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING...WITH
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS PERSISTING AT LEAST THROUGH
CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
CAUSE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW COVERED
ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT
IT COULD TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...
AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED
ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME
STRANDED.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE EMPHASIZED THIS STORM WILL AFFECT A VERY LARGE
PART OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES...INCLUDING MINNESOTA...MUCH OF
THE DAKOTAS...IOWA AND WISCONSIN. ANYONE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL
PLANS ACROSS THE REGION IS URGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING STORM.
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