WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 816 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH AND
EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH
PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY
LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LIKELY EXCEED A FOOT IN MANY AREAS...WITH A FEW TOTALS IN EXCESS
OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WINDS
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING
MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY.
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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