WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 218 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TAPER OFF FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AND BECOME WIDESPREAD AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH
THE SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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