BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 243 PM CST FRI DEC 25 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.
* PLAN NOW 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. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED
THROUGHOUT ALL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN 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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