BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1045 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THEN INTENSIFY TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
DIMINISHING THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9 TO 12 INCHES
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND 11 TO 16
INCHES IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST.
* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY TONIGHT... WITH
HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND PRODUCE WINDCHILLS OF -20 TO -34
DEGREES.
* INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL
BECOME WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
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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WISE
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