WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 331 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE STEADILY FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING
AFTER A RELATIVE QUIET PERIOD OF DAYTIME WEATHER. WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
LIKELY. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT
WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN
THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY
NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM A LITTLE OVER 12
INCHES NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND IN EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO AROUND 7 INCHES FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO
GREGORY SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE TONIGHT...REACHING SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH THESE
WINDS CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD
VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
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.
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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$
BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 331 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE STEADILY FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING
AFTER A RELATIVE QUIET PERIOD OF DAYTIME WEATHER. WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
LIKELY. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT
WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN
THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY
NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM A LITTLE OVER 12
INCHES NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND IN EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO AROUND 7 INCHES FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO
GREGORY SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE TONIGHT...REACHING SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH THESE
WINDS CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD
VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
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.
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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$
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