HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 0651 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER...
WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...WILL
PERSIST INTO TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 29
CORRIDOR. SOMEWHAT LESSER WINDS WILL BE FOUND TO THE EAST...BUT
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL STILL BE PRESENT.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WILL MAINLY RANGE FROM 6 TO
10 INCHES...WITH SOME ADDED LIGHT AMOUNTS ON SATURDAY. WITH THE
STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL...DRIFTS IN RURAL AREAS IN EXCESS OF
6 FEET ARE EXPECTED. WIND CHILLS FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO
THIS MORNING WILL ADD TO THE LIFE THREATENING SITUATION SHOULD
YOU BECOME STRANDED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA CHRISTMAS
DAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF SATURDAY...DUE TO A VERY SLOW
MOVEMENT...BRINGING BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...AND A
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT MOST AREAS. A MAXIMUM OF
16 TO 19 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SUCH LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL AND STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE TO PRODUCE EXTREME DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH POTENTIAL FOR DRIFTS IN EXCESS OF 10 FEET TO CREATE
IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.
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