WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO
TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY
SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...
WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 16 INCHES PROBABLE.
* MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND
POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE
TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW.
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... AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE
CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1147 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LIKELY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO
TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY
SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE FOOT IN MANY AREAS...
WITH SCATTERED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 16 INCHES PROBABLE.
* MIXED PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF SLEET ARE PROBABLE AND
POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS STORM...PRIMARILY THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED AS THE EVENT CONTINUES DUE
TO INCREASING WIND SPEEDS AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD EXACERBATE
CONDITIONS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
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