BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 846 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM UNFOLDING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTH AND INTENSIFYING THROUGH
TOMORROW MORNING. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THIS INTENSE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL BE IN IOWA WRAPPING HEAVY SNOW INTO CENTRAL AND
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STRONG
NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-251100-
/O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
846 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /746 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009/
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/
SATURDAY.
* PERIODS OF SNOW WILL 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. I-29
IS CLOSED FROM THE IOWA BORDER TO THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER.
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.
$$
KEEFE
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