WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1029 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 WHERE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL OCCUR
DURING THE OVERNIGHT. EAST OF INTERSTATE 35...SNOW IS EXPECTED
WITH SOME MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SLEET FROM TIME TO TIME. OVERNIGHT
SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN EASTERN AREAS OF THE WARNING. WESTERN AREAS WILL
RECEIVE FROM TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN INCHES OF SNOW BY SATURDAY.
LOCALIZED TWENTY INCH AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EXPECT WINDS TO BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25
TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINDS
COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES WEST OF AN ALGONA THROUGH LAMONI LINE.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE WEST SECTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TO
NEARLY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.
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