BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 353 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.
ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT
BLOWING SNOW IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT TO TEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING
WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED AT TIMES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE
35 SOUTH OF FARIBAULT.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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