WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 258 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
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...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST
/5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* 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 10 INCHES IN THE JAMES
VALLEY...AND GREATER THAN 10 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.
* SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL 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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KRAMLICH/MOHR
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