BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 930 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WITH PERIOD OF
VERY HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING INTO THE MORNING....WITH AN ADDITIONAL
FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE.
THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS INCLUDES
ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 40 MPH COULD GUST AS
HIGH AS 50 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.
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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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