BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1042 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 FRIDAY NIGHT
BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY OF 3 TO
5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS
WILL MAKE STORM TOTALS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF 14 TO 20
INCHES.
* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE 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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