WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 227 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.
THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO OR BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN
LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SOUTH OF AN ELK POINT TO
JACKSON MINNESOTA LINE. SNOW SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD AGAIN
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY TOWARD
THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH A QUARTER
TO A THIRD OF AN INCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM ELK POINT TO JACKSON MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL MAY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
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.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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