WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 448 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING MIST AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE A PROBLEM ON UNTREATED
ROAD SURFACES THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT IS
WRAPPING INTO THIS SYSTEM...THAT THE STORM LAKE IOWA HAS A
THREAT OF SEEING A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...
THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE TO HEAVY
AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME AMOUNTS
NEAR 20 INCHES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ALONG I 90 IN
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE EXTREMELY
MINIMAL.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS
WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 25 TO 40
MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES
RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. 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...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.
$$
MJF
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 448 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING MIST AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE A PROBLEM ON UNTREATED
ROAD SURFACES THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT IS
WRAPPING INTO THIS SYSTEM...THAT THE STORM LAKE IOWA HAS A
THREAT OF SEEING A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...
THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE TO HEAVY
AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME AMOUNTS
NEAR 20 INCHES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ALONG I 90 IN
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE EXTREMELY
MINIMAL.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS
WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 25 TO 40
MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES
RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE
WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE
AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
$$
MJF
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