WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 511 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM
MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND
INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL HEAVY AT
TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT
BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...12 TO 16 INCHES IN THE JAMES
VALLEY...AND 16 TO 20 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
* WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. THESE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. BY LATE
THURSDAY...THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS TO
CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
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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MOHR
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