WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 226 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. AS
WARMER AIR ALOFT WORKS INTO THE STORM SYSTEM...THE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON CHRISTMAS
MORNING. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH
CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO ELEVEN INCHES HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. BY SATURDAY MORNING...TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD...WILL STILL
LIKELY EXCEED DOUBLE DIGIT AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH RANGE.
* 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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