WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 854 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW
CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. AT THIS TIME...6 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 20...WHILE 4 TO 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR A LINE FROM SPENCER IOWA TO YANKTON SOUTH
DAKOTA. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...NORTH WINDS WILL
INCREASES TO 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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