WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW MOST LIKELY AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT.
THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET IS ALSO
POSSIBLE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO
TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY
SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY
AREAS...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES PROBABLE.
THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW STORM OF
1991.
* 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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