WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY.
* TIMING...A RELATIVE QUIET TIME WILL BE IN STORE TODAY...WITH
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW GIVING MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THERE
WILL EVEN BE A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE
29. BUT AS THE BULK OF THE STORM ORGANIZES...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
COMMON BY SATURDAY. 5 TO 10 FOOT DRIFTS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY
INCREASE TODAY...TOPPING OUT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
AT 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES OF ZERO AT TIMES
IN RURAL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
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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