WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 426 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING.
* 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 18 INCHES PROBABLE.
* MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND POSSIBLY
FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE TO
INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW.
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... AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE
CONDITIONS. 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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