WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 556 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SNOW WILL LINGER ALL DAY
TODAY.
* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME RURAL ROADS MAY BE
IMPASSABLE UNTIL ROAD CREWS CAN GET OUT TO START MOVING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE
KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND
SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG
WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY
IN OPEN AREAS.
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