BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 917 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY ON SATURDAY... EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY
BEGINS TO DECREASE TONIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING
25 TO 35 MPH...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL
CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS.
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES
ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.
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