WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 302 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* TIMING...ICY CONDITIONS FROM LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND
MOISTURE FREEZING ON SURFACES WILL BE A PROBLEM ON UNTREATED
SURFACES UNTIL THE SNOW BEGINS. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH
ACROSS THIS AREA LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WHILE SNOW WILL
DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY PERSIST INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE AND HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 13 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME 20
INCH AMOUNTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE EXTREMELY MINIMAL.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND
NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35
MPH WINDS WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO
25 TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF
THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE WIND
COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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