WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 227 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE
COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD FOR SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN TOWARD THE
IOWA BORDER LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME
WIDESPREAD AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED WITH THIS STORM...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY. 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. 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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