WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 836 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.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF MODERATE...TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS AREAS FROM
ALBERT LEA TO OWATONNA TO RED WING AND POINTS EAST WHERE A MIX
OF RAIN... SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS
MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
MORE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES HAVE
BEEN OBSERVED IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY
SATURDAY MORNING...INCLUDING LAST NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON...ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY
AREAS... AND LIKELY TO BE WITHIN THE 16 TO 22 INCH RANGE IN
MANY COMMUNITIES.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE
TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN
RURAL AREAS.
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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JLT
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