WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 930 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY
ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND
EAST OF A NEW ULM...TO TWIN CITIES...TO A SIREN WISCONSIN LINE.
IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT INCHES OR
MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE WARNING AREA...SIX TO NINE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING IN
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.
INCREASING WINDS LATE TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS
AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS. DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT
THE DURATION OF THIS SYSTEM.
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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