WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 216 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL INTENSITY INCREASING DURING THE DAY ON
THURSDAY. DEPENDING ON THE STORM TRACK...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL MAY
BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
COULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES...IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA...TO AS MUCH AS 5 TO 9 INCHES ELSEWHERE.
* NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY TO 20 TO 25 MPH. STRONGER
WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* DEPENDING ON SNOWFALL INTENSITY AND SUSTAINED
WINDS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE RESTRICTED TO A FEW MILES ON
THURSDAY. A FURTHER REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES MAY BE POSSIBLE ON
FRIDAY DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH OF THE WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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SD/AD
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