WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 410 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES COULD OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM
WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.
* WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WILL NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT
FACTOR...BUT THEN TURN NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY.
* ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY
SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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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