WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 337 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM
MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH
SNOWFALL INTENSITY INCREASING DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH FRIDAY.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE JAMES
VALLEY...AND 10 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY THURSDAY...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS POSSIBLE. THESE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
INTO FRIDAY.
* INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE SISSETON HILLS. BY LATE
THURSDAY...THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO
CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL BE
DIFFICULT 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. 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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SD/AD
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