BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 345 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE
FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.
* WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY
INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH WHITE
OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.
* TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND ALL
TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND
SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITIES.
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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