WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 248 PM CST FRI DEC 25 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...PRECIPITATION WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIGHT THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON WITH A MIX OF LIGHT SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN
FROM DURAND TO LADYSMITH AND POINTS EAST...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT
SNOW TO THESE WEST OF THESE AREAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH CHRISTMAS
DAY. THE AREA OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH MORE
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING ARE
HIGHLY LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF
A LADYSMITH TO EAU CLAIRE LINE...WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS
OF 16 INCHES PROBABLE TOWARDS THE MINNESOTA BORDER.
* 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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