BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 455 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* BANDS OF SNOW..HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL FALL INTO TONIGHT
BEFORE DIMINISHING ON SATURDAY.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 4 TO
7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS
WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 14 TO 20
INCHES.
* NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING WITH WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.
* YOU SHOULD PLAN TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE FROM CHRISTMAS DAY INTO
SATURDAY. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO
THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALSO INTERSTATE 94
IS CLOSED FROM THE MONTANA BORDER TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER. SNOW
PLOWS WILL RESUME OPERATION ON INTERSTATE 94 SATURDAY MORNING.
TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA. ROAD
CONDITIONS AND CLOSURES FOR THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA CAN BE
FOUND BY DIALING 511.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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