WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE SNOW COULD TAPER OFF BRIEFLY FROM
TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY PERSIST INTO FRIDAY...HEAVY
AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
WITH THE STORM SYSTEM FROM LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...GRADUALLY INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND
REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.
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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